Rompetrol Rafinare S A : Incident in Petromidia Refinery

21.06.2023

Incident in Petromidia refinery

During today, a fire occurred in the Mild Hydrocracking Unit (MHC), after specific maintenance works were performed.

The employees working in the facility immediately reported the incident to the internal emergency service and to the refinery's dispatcher, who in turn informed the authorities, as per procedure in place.

There are no victims, since all the employees of the unit, but also from the other sections of the refinery, were evacuated.

Until the arrival of the ISU special vehicles, the first interventions were carried out by the firefighters of the Petromidia refinery, who managed to limit the impact.

In collaboration with the authorities, we are making every effort to extinguish the fire and remedy the situation