Oil
Refineries Ltd. (Bazan)
Gadiv is owned by Oil Refineries Ltd. (Bazan) the
largest oil refining complex in
Israel. Bazan went through a privatization process which
changed Gadiv's status from a government owned company
to a private company.
Bazan owns a refinery in Haifa which has a refining
capacity of 180,000 barrels/day of crude oil. The
refinery produces high added-value products at its
facilities measuring 7.4 on the Nelson Complexity Index,
which is among the highest rankings in the Eastern
Mediterranean region.
Its shares are traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange
under the Bazan ticker symbol. The company also supplies
power and heat (electricity and steam) services to
industrial customers in the Haifa Bay area, as well as
infrastructure services (storage and conveyance of fuel
products)
Bazan has expanded its
international operations by acting as an integrated
company, starting from crude oil purchases through
finished product sales. Extensive buying and selling
transactions with the largest petroleum corporations
have continued to grow in the last few years.
Bazan is in the process of preparing its plants for the arrival of natural
gas in Israel, and is investing in enabling the refinery
to meet the future, tougher demands of the Ministry of
Environment and German emission standards, which are
among the most rigorous in the world.
Bazan is deeply involved in establishing and developing the
country's petrochemical industry, while striving to
fully integrate refining and petrochemical operations.
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