The Engineering and Design Institute for Oil Refineries and Petrochemical Plants is a Romanian company with a large range of capabilities and experience, which was established in 1950, at Ploiesti, as a milestone in the development of the petroleum, hydrocarbon processing and petrochemical industries as well as of their related fields, in Romania. For over 60 years, not only in Romania but also in the southeast of Europe, IPIP S.A. was the only design institute for refineries and petrochemistry, and acquired a high prestige due to the recognized quality of its specialists and achievements. The Institute has performed the complete engineering and design for the achievement and implementation of the new Romanian refineries and for the revamping and extension of the existent ones. Thus, IPIP has fully designed the 11 oil refineries of Romania, totaling a processing capacity of about 40,000,000 Mt/y, and a great number of objectives abroad, spread worldwide and comprising, mainly, oil refineries, lube oil / gas processing complexes, oil terminal and other associated facilities.