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TUPRAS (Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation)

Large company (Industry)

www.tupras.com.tr/en/Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Operating four oil refineries with a total of 30 million tons annual crude oil processing capacity, Tüpraş is the first producer in Turkey’s refining sector and largest industrial enterprise of the country.

Tüpraş R&D Center established in 2010 and it is a certified R&D Center, which is given in line with Turkish Law “Supporting Research and Development Activities”. It is evaluated and monitored by Ministry of Industry & Technology. All R&D activities for four refineries are coordinated by the R&D Center in Kocaeli. Tüpraş R&D campus consists of management building, laboratory building and pilot plant facility. There are five high-tech laboratories dedicated to R&D studies. Tüpraş carries out R&D projects in line with the objective of enhancing the characteristics of oil products, developing environmentally friendly products and alternative fuel technologies making use of our skill of developing the most competent technologies in refinery and applying them on the field. As part of R&D studies, 1 FP7 labelled project (CITINES), 2 EUREKA labelled projects (HEROES and ASPHALTGEN), 16 HORIZON 2020 projects (SAFEAST, IPERM, INTEGROIL, INDUS3ES, FUDIPO, COZMOS, BIZEOLCAT, BAMBOO, FACTLOG, EPC-EqTech, HYDROPTICS, MACBETH, MOF4AIR, EBIO, CORALIS, ACHIEF ) were successfully completed. 1 HORIZON 2020 labelled project (AquaSPICE) and 7 HORIZON EUROPE labelled projects (Flexindustries, FUEL-UP, IS2H4C, SUNFUSION, HERMES, ICO2NIC, Eastern Lights) are being carried out.

Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors

1 Novel circular business models to enable the just transition to a sustainable and circular economy5 Consumption patterns and environmental awareness as enablers of transition to circular economy6 Indicators for the transition to sustainable and circular economy16 Open Topic: Innovative solutions for the sustainable and circular transformation of SMEs

Clean environment and zero pollution

2 Environmental impacts from the production of agricultural crops for bio-based industrial systems3 Environmental biotechnology applications in service of remediation of polluted ecosystems

Land, ocean and water for climate action

5 Additional activities for the European Partnership Water Security for the Planet (Water4All)6 Strengthening the resilience of water systems and water sector to climate and global socio-economic change impacts

Representatives

Buket Erdogan

R&D Water and Wastewater Management Researcher

TUPRAS (Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation)