Lotos to develop next unit within EFRA scheme

Grupa Lotos has signed a deal valued some €36 million, under which, Italian KT – Kinetics Technology will construct Hydrowax Vacuum Distillation Unit (HVDU), a company press release read. The new facility is included in the EFRA (Effective Refining) project, which was launched earlier this month. HVDU is to be delivered by the end of January, 2018. With EFRA Programme’s units, the refinery in Gdańsk will add up to 900,000 tonnes to its annual fuel output and will also produce 350,000 tonnes of coke. EFRA's value is to reach €2.3 billion.