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Eurotank, HamburgDetails of Tankage

Capacity-Metric Tons BarrelsRun-down tanks Ij765 11,120Storage tanks 108,476 683,400

T o t a 110,241 694,520Europflische Tanklager- und Transport A.G. (Eurotank).: Just southeast of the Neuer Petroleumhafen which is on the north side ofthe Elbe River in the western part of Hamburg. Numerous petroleum terminalsare located in this vicinity.

and Plans: Layout plan, page 108. Flow diagrams, pages 111 to 113. Locationshown on map on pages 246,347-24aPhotographs, pages 107, 110, and 114.capacity: 400,000 metric tons. The rated capacity is 7,500barrels daily of East Texas crude oil or similar oils in balanced operation.However, actual capacity, according to Winkler Koch Engineering Co., whodesigned the plant, is 9,000 barrels daily of East Texas crude in balancedoperation; and up to 11,000 barrels daily of other crudes in operations whenhigh gasoline yields are not sought.

From a mixture of East Texas and Mid-Continent crude, the following yieldsare obtained when running somewhat above the guaranteed capacity of 7,500barrels per day:Gasoline - 390-400 E.P. - 10 lb. Reid Vapor Pressure. . 65$ by Vo l.Kerosene or Light Gas Oil 10$ Pliel Oil (lighter than Bunker C) 20 $ M "Gas Loss 5$ n

The refinery originally started up on a mixture of Mid-Continent and EastTexas crude oils. It has since used Rumanian crude and residues,Coastal U.S.A.crudes, Mexican crude and naphthas, German crude, and other crudes, toppedcrudes, gas oils, and straight run naphthas.This refinery was completed in 1935 and though designed by Winkler KochEngineering Co . all the materials were made in Germany except a few hot oilpumps, instruments, control valves, and other incidentals which came from theUnited States. Among the German refineries it is second only to the RbenaniaOssag's Harburg refinery in capacity.Processing equipment consisted of a combined skimming, cracking, and reforming unit . All the heat for topping is obtained entirely by heat exchange.In this topping operation the crude first went through heat exchanger and into

a crude debutanizer, operating at up to 50 pound pressure, where a lightstraight run gasoline was flashed off. Then through additional heat exchangerinto a crude flash tower, operating at approximately atmospheric pressurewhere an overhead stream of a heavy straight run gasoline, and two side 'streams, one of kerosene and one of diesel gas oil, were removed. A total ofabout 50 per cent overhead could be taken from East Texas crude. The bottomsthen went directly to the vapor separator of the cracking still where theyacted as quench oil and where heavier gas oils were distilled out of them.The bottoms from the vapor separator went to a vacuum tower where a highmelting point pitch was produced. Some of this pitch was sold for asphalt.The penetration, melting point, etc., of pitch could be rather well controlled.Ordinarily, however, it was cut back with a non-viscous diluent from the sidestream of the cracking still bubble tower and sold as residual fuel oil.


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REFINING- - 107"Eurotank" refinery, Hamburg


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REFINING - 109"Euro tank" r e f ine ry , Hamburg

T?TTr>r\T> R e f in e ry ofLUROPAISCHE TANKLAGER UND TRANSPORT A.G. , NEUER PETROLEUMHAFEN, HAMBURG(EUROTANK)

LEGENDAREA A, Power Station 18 . Filter Press House 5. Gasoline Debutanizer Gas& Fire House Separator19. Zinc Chloride Storage TanksFire House 6. Gasoline Debutanizer. 20 . Zinc Chloride Sump2 . Fuel Oil Tanks 2 1 Gasoline Reflux Drum 7. Make Tank3 . Boiler House 8. Stripping Still2 2 . Naptha Reflux Drum4 . New Addition to Boiler House 9. Reabsorber2 3 . Gasoline After Cooler5. 10. Absorbertack 2 4 . Kerosene Reflux DrumAREA B, Topping Cracking Pumphouse2 5 . Debutanizer Reflux Drum 11.& Lachman Unit AREA D, Sweetening & Agitator1.2 .

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Tube StillStackSteam SuperheaterSteam SeparatorFlash Tower

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Debutanizer TowerWater SettlerVacuum Bubble TowerVacuum EquipmentP.D. Gas Separator& After Cooler

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PlantTreater TrapLight Gasoline Surge DrumLean Oil Balancing TankWater & Doctor Settling Tanks6 .7.8 .

Naptha & Gas Oil Stripper TowerVapor SeparatorBubble Tower

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Water SeparatorLachman Gas SeparatorCracked Gas Oil & Resid.

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PumphouseOil PitAgitators9 .

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Hot AccumulatorGasoline Condenser ) C o n t r oQ 1 OUI 1 LI Ul r. HouseCooler Box ) n o u 5 eHot Oil PumphouseP.D. & Lachman Condenser Box

3 4 .Cooler BoxZinc Chloride Sludge Bottomand Lachman FractionatingTower Cooler BoxAREA C, Absorption Debutanizer& Stabilizer Plant

Lime, Caustic & DoctorSolution TanksTransfer Pumphouse

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Contact TowerSludge Accumulator& Fractionating Tower1.2.

Fuel Gas Surge DrumLight Gasoline StabilizerReflux Drum2. Water PumphouseAREA F, Unidentified TankageAREA G, Unidentified Tankage

16 . Lime Rock Tower 3 . Light Gasoline Stabilizer AREA H, Unidentified Tankage17 . Lime Rock Tower 4 . Heat Exchangers, Coolers AREA J, Unidentified Tankage& Bottom s Separator & Reboilers

Vapors from the cracking still bubble tower, exclusive of reflux, wentthrough a Lachman treater, and the condensed treated raw cracked gasoline wentdirect to a cracked gasoline debutanizer. (See page 111 to 11 3). The overhead from the debutanizer together with the overhead from the crude debutanizer went to a final light gasoline stabilizer. Wet fixed gas was put througha conventional absorption recovery system, the condensate from the absorbentoil still alsq going to the final stabilizer. The tower system on the cracking part was designed for 100 pounds operation and operated at around 50pounds The absorbent oil still was good for around 100 pounds and operatedat around 75 pounds. The final stabilizer was good for operating at 300pounds. Soon after the refinery was started, arrangements were made to sellC3 - C4 surplus condensate from the stabilizer. The Lachman treated crackedgasoline was sweet, and no ammonia was required in the rock tower. However,there was enough Mid-Continent crude oil mixed with the East Texas crude sothat the kerosene was sour. Conventional sweetening equipment was providedfor gasoline and kerosene.

It is believed that a Winkler-Koch de-salting equipment unit was added tothis plant, as well as a Bosig fractionation unit. The latter was installedfor the purpose of rerunning gasolines or naphthas to make a line of finishedtechnical naphthas. While later plans inoluded coking equipment, it is believed that this equipment was never installed.Electric power, it is believed, comes from local public servioe lines. Notmuch power 1P used in the refinery, however, inasmuch as most of the pumps


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110 - REFINING"Eurotank" refinery, Hamburg


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114 - REFINING"Eurotank" ref inery, Hamburg


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REFINING - 115AlBrecfiT & Co., Hamburgare steam-driven, the steam being supplied by a boilerhouse. Condensing andcooling water is taken directly out of the Elbe River and put through the condensers and coolers, through a large trap, and back into the river.No details of tankage are available, but the tankage at the refinery and thePetroleumhafen terminals was extensive.

Refinery: MineralOlwerke Albrechtfit o. K.G.Location: On the east side of the Reiherstieg Canal in the Grasbrook area of Ham-Durg harbor. Just south of Rhenania-Ossag refinery and adjacent to ErnestSchliemann's Oelwerke.Maps and Plans: Layout sketch, page 117. Location is shown on map on pages 246-247.Description: Annual capacity: 30,000 metric tons. This is a lubricating oil plantand has no crude distillation nor cracking facilities. No detailed description is available, but plant is reported to produce white oils and ordinarylubricants by acid and clay treatme

Tankage capacity is approximately 30,000 metric tons (189,000 barrels).Refinery: Oelwerke Julius Schindler G.m.b.H.Loo at ion: Between the Neohofer Canal and the Re the Canal near their juncture withthe Kohlbrand, In the Neuhof seotion of the Wilhelmsburg area. Just east ofthe Deutsche ErdOl terminal.Maps and Plans: Layout sketch, page 116. Location shown on map on pages 246-247.Description: Annual capacity: 40,000 metric tons. This is a lubricating oil refinery equipped with shell stills, atmospheric and vacuum stage, but no crackingequipment. Lubricants are treated by acid and clay. No other details are

available.Tankage capacity estimated at 40,000 metric tons (252,000 barrels).

Refinery: Rhenania-Ossag MineralBlwerke A.G.Location: On the south bank of the Sflder-Elbe, 1-1/2 miles west of the Harburgbridges In the Harburg seotion of Hamburg harbor.Maps and Plans: Layout plan, page 118. Location is shown on map on pages 246-247.PEotograph on page 119.Description: Annual capacity: 550,000 metric tons. This is the more important ofthe three Rhenania-Ossag refineries in the Hamburg area, and is the largestrefinery in Germany. It was designed to process indigenous German crudes andVenezuelan residues. Distillation facilities include atmospheric and vacuum

pipe stills for crude and topped crude, but no gasoline cracking equipment.There are also stills for lubricating oils and a vacuum still for asphalt.The plant was originally equipped for the redistillation and acid treatingof lub. oils. In 1939 an Edeleanu plant was added with polymerization and asynthetic lubricating oil plant with acetone-benzol dewaxing and wax crackingfacilities for the purpose of producing high grade aviation lubricants.Some of the unfinished lubricants produced at this refinery are finished atthe company's Grasbrook refinery a few miles away.Tankage capacity is approximately 272,000 metric tons (1,713,600 barrels).

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