Tüpraş Batman Oil Refinery

Tüpraş Batman Oil Refinery is an oil refinery in Batman, southeastern Turkey. It is owned and operated by Tüpraş, the country's only oil refiner with four refineries.
Batman Oil Refinery is situated in downtown Batman. It became operational in 1955. The facility has an annual crude oil refining capacity of 1.1 million tonnes. It has the advantage of proximity to the domestic oil fields. It has a simple configuration due to the lack of refining units. Intermediate goods are sent to the refineries in Izmir Oil Refinery|Izmir] and kırıkkale by road transportation for further processing. In 2016, 1.0 million tonnes of asphalt base were produced, being a record. The storage capacity of the refinery is 253,000 tonnes. The facility has a Nelson [complexity index] of 1.83. 463 personnel are employed in the facility.