B3 is an oil and gas field in the

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. The field is located 80 km off the Polish coastal town Rozewie. The crude oil is also referred to as Rozewie crude. The

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of the crude is 42-43 and

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content of 0.12 wt%. The jack up rig Baltic Beta located on the field takes care of processing, drilling and accommodation. The associated gas is sent through a pipeline to the heat and power generating plant in Wladyslawowo. Most of the oil produced from B3 is shipped by tanker to Gdansk and fed to the

Gdańsk refinery The Gdańsk refinery is an oil refinery located in Poland in the town Gdańsk. It is owned by Grupa Lotos. The refinery capacity is 210 kbpd of crude oil and it has a Nelson complexity index of approximately 10. See also * Oil refinery * Pe ...

as a small part of the refinery feedstock.

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