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Arpechim Refinery

Arpechim Refinery was one of the largest Romanian refineries and one of the largest in Europe, located in Pitești, Argeș County, and had both refining and petrochemical capacities. It was closed in 2011. The refinery had two processing modules with a nominal capacity of 6.5 million tonnes/year. The facility was connected by pipeline to the oil fields in the Oltenia Region and to the Port of Constanţa. The refinery produced around 60% of all the bitumen used in Romania.

History
Arpechim was founded in 1964 in a strategic industrial zone located in Southern Romania near Pitești. In the same year the refinery built its first plant specialised in the production of carbon black. The two companies agreed on the transaction and Oltchim had to pay around US$ 150 million to close the deal. The Arpechim Refinery closed in 2011. EUR 52m was allocated by OMV in 2022 for remedial work to the soil on the old site. ==References==
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