Nghi Son Refinery operates a 10-million-ton-per-year integrated refinery and petrochemical facility in Vietnam as a joint venture between PetroVietnam, Kuwait Petroleum Europe, Idemitsu Kosan, and Mitsui Chemical. The company is mid-transformation: actively migrating to SAP S/4HANA while managing legacy Oracle Primavera and SAP R/3 systems, with hiring concentrated in engineering and operations roles focused on safety systems, maintenance optimization, and supplier integration via SAP Ariba—signaling a push toward operational maturity and supply-chain digitization.
Notable leadership hires: Transformation Lead, Transformation Execution Lead, Equipment Integrity Head
Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical is a 1,001–5,000-person facility in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam, established in 2008 as a joint-venture project between PetroVietnam, Kuwaiti, and Japanese partners. The complex processes 200,000 barrels of crude oil per day and produces LPG, gasoline (RON92/RON95), jet fuel, diesel, fuel oil, polypropylene, paraxylene, benzene, and sulfur. Core operational challenges center on equipment reliability, safety compliance, preventive maintenance, and supplier performance—reflected in active projects spanning reliability-centered maintenance, safety documentation, and Ariba-based supplier onboarding.
The facility processes 200,000 barrels of crude oil per day, equivalent to 10 million tons per year. Main products include LPG, gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, fuel oil, polypropylene, paraxylene, benzene, and sulfur.
Primarily Oracle Primavera (project management), SAP R/3 and SAP (ERP), SAP Ariba (procurement), Maximo (asset management), plus AutoCAD, Word, Excel, and Outlook. Currently adopting SAP S/4HANA.
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