Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri : Announcement (3) regarding the explosion at İzmir Refinery
October 11, 2017 at 04:45 am EDT
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11 October 2017
Following the explosion that took place at 09.25 during the maintenance work in a Product tank in Tüpraş İzmir Refinery, 4 employees of the contractor company got severely wounded. They have been carried to the hospital after first intervention. Employees of our contractor firm; Kemal Şaşmazer, Yusuf Kepenek, Mehmet Karademir and Mehmet Dere lost their lives despite all efforts. Treatment of Halil İbrahim Kavlak continues. We present to public attention.
Corporate Communications Department
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Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS is a Turkey-based company that is engaged, together with its subsidiaries, in the refining of crude oil and petroleum products. Its refineries produce a full range of refined petroleum products, including diesel, fuel oils, jet fuel, gasoline and asphalt. The Group also imports and sells petroleum products and engages in the distribution, retailing and marine transportation of crude oil and refined products. It is mainly engaged in the following fields: to provide and refine crude oil, to import and export petroleum products, and to establish and operate domestic and foreign refineries for this purpose; to establish and operate factories and facilities in petrochemical and other related industries; to establish and operate facilities and plants related with energy and energy related industries, as well as to purchase, sell, import, export, store, market and distribute petroleum products, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and natural gas, among others.
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