ODESSA PETROLEUM REFINERY ODESSA, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000500370030-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2000
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: October 1, 1965
• Content Type: IR

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ODESSA PETROLEUM REFINERY
ODESSA, USSR
The Odessa Refinery is located approximately 4 nautical miles NNW of
the center of the city at geographic coordinates 46 31N - 30 41E, Figures
1 and 2. The boundaries of the refinery area form an irregular polygon which
encloses an area of approximately 50 acres and is enclosed by a wall or
fence; it is accessible by both road and rail,
25X1D The period for which usable small scale photography is available extends
from Figures 3-5. During this time period, no signif-
icant expansion or major construction has occurred in the refinery area.
Minor modifications and additions may have occurred in the SE corner-of the
area, Figure 5, No. 7. .
-Items of interest in the vicinity of the refinery are a possible
polyethlene plant, Figure 5, Area B, and the Odessa Petroleum Storage,
Romanovka Facility,. Figure 5, Area C.
The following description of the refinery facilities is keyed to the
overlay on Figure 5:
Area A -.Odessa Petroleum Refinery
No. 1 --Tank farm; probable crude and product storage, contains
32, large and medium sized POL tanks. Apossible flare tower is located
near the SE end of the area.
No. 2 - Receiving, shipping, warehouse and shop area. The rail-
road spur enters this section of the refinery; a possible second spur
branching off the original one is under construction.
Nos. 3, 4, and 5 - Processing areas. Eight cylindrical structures
which may be fractionating columns are located at No. 3. This arrange-
ment suggests, (1) a polymerization plant for the utilization of gasses
that would otherwise be flared off, or: (2) a treatment section for
crude oil. The scale of available photography. does not permit a more
specific Interpretation. No. 4 appears as a clutter of buildings and
processing equipment including one or more possible thermal cracking
units. There are at least four fractionating towers located at No.-5,
along with one or more possible pipe furnaces. There is a small tank
farm immediately NW of the processing equipment which contains 18
small process/product tanks and 4 medium sized tanks. The interpretation
of the processing equipment present at the Nos. 4 and.5 could be reversed
in terms of thermal cracker versus pipe furnace(s).
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No. 6 - Probable flare tower; two small buildings and at least
four horizontal tanks are located northwest of the tower and a large
warehouse-type building is located directly north, adjacent to the
wall.
No. 7 - Four to eight small vertical tanks, two possible water
treatment tanks (open; earthen), a possible boiler house and a shop
or warehouse-type building constitute the principal facilities in this
part of the refinery. The administration and laboratory buildings-
appear to be grouped around the plant entrance near the center of the
SE end- of the refinery area.
All measurements have been made by the CIA/IAD/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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MAPS OR CHARTS
-SAC,, 2nd Rts, US Air Target Chart,'Series 200, Sheet. 0250-8 HL, 3rd Edition,
September 1962, Scale 1:200,000 (SECRET)
General Locator Map, USSR - 29656 1-61 (UNCLASSIFIED)
CIA. C-RR5-82,523
QIA/IAD PROJECT
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