KARAYEV PETROLEUM REFINERY BAKU, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 14, 2001
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KARAYEV PETROLEUM REFINERY
BAKU, USSR
1. The Karayev 'etroleum Refinery is located one mile from the Caspian
Sea in the eastern sector of the city of Baku,-USSR. The geographic coordinates
of the approximate center of the refinery are 40 23 05N - 49 56 OOE and its
orientation is NNE/SSW.
The refinery is approximately rectangular in shape with maximum
dimensions of 1,300 feet by 1,500 feet and it covers an area of approximately
1,700,000 square feet.
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Examination of all available photographic coverage from the
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that the refinery is::in an intermediate stage of construction. Expansion
of the refinery area and the construction of several new units and associated
facilities apparently began within the past two or three years. Details
concerning this construction activity and other changes are discussed in
part b of section 2.
2. The limits of the Karayev Pe-trole-um Refinery and the outlines of
individual sections within the refinery are shown on Figure 7 of this
report.
a. Identification and analysis-of the various sections is
discussed under the number corresponding to that on Figure 7.
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(1) An open, undeveloped area with a very large, flat
roofed fabrication-type building, a number of smaller
buildings, and a storage tank
(2) Area with several towers, a multi-storied building, a
number of warehouse/maintenance buildings, and POL
tank storage
(3) Probable distillation area with two probable distillation
units, possibly still under construction, and a single
fractionating column I.cated in the eastern section of
the area
(4) Administration area
(5) Distillation area consisting of a distillation unit with
a small pipe furnace located i,-,he center of the area,
a furnace and associated stack located in the eastern
section, an unidentified refining unit located in the
western section, a number of small buildings, POL tank
storage, including a suspect spheroidal tank, and a
water treating pond
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(6)? POL tank storage area
(7) Unidentified refining area with a suspect vapor recovery
unit located in the northwest corner of the area, a small
possible refining unit located in the southwest corner,
and a small building
(8) Open area with several warehouse type buildings
(9) Railcar loading and unloading facility
(10) Area with a large refining unit under construction in the
northern half of the area, a smaller probable refining
unit under construction in the southern half, and a number
of warehouse type buildings
(11) Possible final product storage area
(12) Area with a large refining unit under construction, two
buildings, one of which is still under construction, and
open materiel storage
(13) Probable crude oil.storage area, possibly connected by
pipeline to the refining area
b. Changes and construction activity at the refinery from
include the following:
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5, some of the buildings in Annotations 2, 4; 5, and 7, the
POL tanks in Annotation 6, and essentially the same arrange-
ment of probable crude oil storage tanks in Annotation 13.
As described in section a, refining.units are under con:tru-
ction in the areas indicated by Annotations 10 and 12 and
possibly in Annotation 3. Construction of the large
refining unit in Annotation 10 apparently began prior to
while construction of the refining unit in
Construction of the buildings in Annotation 1 began after
The POL tanks in Annotation 11 were constructed and
completed between
3. The refinery is served by road, rail and probably by pipeline.
4. The refinery appears to have been operating at the time of the most-
recent coverage as indicated by smoke coming from the distillation unit in
Annotation 5. Due to the quality of the photography of previous missions it
is not possible to determine whether this unit or other units were operating.
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5. All measurements have been made by the CIA/PID/IB.project analyst.
They should be considered as approximate and must not be taken as official
NPIC mensuration data compiled by the Technical Intelligence Division, NPIC.
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General Locator Map, USSR - 29656 1-61 (UNCLASSIFIED)
ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0325-25HL,
2nd Edition, March 1963 (SECRET)
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT
KARAYEV PETROLEUM REFINERY
BAKU, USSR
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