Petromidia

One of the major sources of authority for Rompetrol Brand is Petromidia refinery, the pillar of the local refining industry.

The largest Romanian refinery and one of the most modern refineries in South East Europe, with a material impact in the region and at a national level, Rompetrol Petromidia celebrated it’s 40^th anniversary in 2019 dedicated to performance and innovation.

Strategic position on the Black Sea

Petromidia is strategically positioned in Navodari, on the Black Sea Coast, 20 km near the port of Constanta. It uses its proprietary railway logistics, has access to the Danube-Black Sea channel and many facilities in the Midia Port: Berths 1-4 for crude and molasses) and Berths 9 (A, B and C) for (for fuel products, ethylene and LPG).

The most important logistics asset of the refinery remains the sole off-shore sea terminal in Romania that can receive up to 160,000 TDW connected via marine and land hoses to the tanks located in the refinery.

A complex refinery

Petromidia has an 11.4 Nelson complexity index and processes crude oil with a high content of Sulphur to produce only Euro 5 products.

The refinery has the highest yield of white products in the region (over 85%), ranked 9 among the 250 refineries in Europe and Africa*.

Constant investments, upgrade and modernization programs need to be implemented to keep refining at a competitive level, and also complying with strict European regulations.

Decrease the electricity consumption

Through the programs of modernization and increasing the efficiency of units and production flows within Petromidia refinery, we have undertaken constant rmeasures to reduce the electricity consumption.

A new Cogeneration plant will be constructed on the Petromidia platform.

The plant will meet the highest technological, energy efficiency and environmental protection standards.

It will use natural gas as the main fuel to produce electricity and heat and will have two high-efficiency, high-performance Siemens turbines and two heat recovery boilers in the technical configuration.

They will generate about 80 MW of electricity, of which about 60-70 MW to fully cover the Petromidia platform's electricity needs, up to 180 tons/hour of technological steam, and up to 20 MW of hot water for Navodari’s heating system.

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Contribution to Romania’s state budget

Rompetrol Rafinare has continued to be a major support to the Romanian state budget, with a contribution of over 771 million USD in the first half of 2025.

Rompetrol Rafinare operates the two refineries of the KMG International Group – Petromidia, Năvodari (the largest and most complex refinery in the country) and Vega, Ploieşti (the only producer of bitumen and hexane in Romania), along with the country’s only petrochemical division, maintaining the local refining industry at high standards.

The main shareholders of Rompetrol Rafinare SA are KMG International (54.63% – directly and indirectly) and the Romanian State, through the Ministry of Energy (44.7%).

Highlights H1 2025

2.8 mil tons feedstock processed

0.69 % wt technological loss

87.7 % wt yield for white products

Digital transformation program

The refinery has continued to invest in automation solutions for increasing efficiency. APC is one of the biggest projects part of the digital transformation.

The implementation began in 2017 as a pilot project at the Atmospheric and Vacuum Distillation Unit (DAV) – one of the most important units in the processing of crude oil that ensures the raw material for the rest of the installations from the refinery.

The benefits generated by APC for this unit amounted to about USD 1.5 million/year, but also led to stability in operational activity.

Key Figures

Results H1 2025

In the first half of 2025, the Petromidia refinery processed nearly 2.8 million tons of raw materials, largely Kazakh crude oil (KEBCO and CPC), benefiting from significant raw material flows supported by KazMunayGas, the national oil and gas company of Kazakhstan.

Between April and June (Q2 2025), Petromidia recorded an average daily throughput of nearly 16,000 tons, as a result of optimized production recipes (a mix of KEBCO crude oil and light crude blends) and the continuous operation of the refinery. Also, the refinery utilization rate in H1 2025 was 95.52%, reflecting a strong availability of crude oil, high-capacity continuous operation of the facilities, and strong market demand.

All these factors contributed to improved production yields, with the refinery producing 845 thousand tons of gasoline (a 101% increase) and 1.44 million tons of diesel and aviation fuel (a 49% increase).

Overall, the white product yield (gasoline, diesel, LPG, JET fuel, propylene) was 87.7%wt, up 0.7 percentage points compared to the previous year. This result was influenced by processing lighter crude oil and using semi-finished product stocks accumulated at the beginning of the year.

Results 2024

The general turnaround of the Petromidia refinery represented a major financial and operational effort, aimed at maintaining an optimal level of operation of the refinery, in the best conditions of safety and labor security.

Petromidia recorded a white product yield up by 2.81% compared to the previous year – 86.88%wt, and Jet fuel yield reached a record 8.7%, with a production of about 400 thousand tons in 2024, a level close to the record of 2019.

Also, in December 2024, the Petromidia refinery achieved a record level of daily crude oil processing for the winter period with an average of 15 thousand tons per day (crude oil only).

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