Turkey's largest oil refiner, active in EU research on carbon capture, catalysis, waste heat recovery, and refinery decarbonization technologies.
TUPRAS is Turkey's largest oil refining company, operating major petroleum refineries across the country. In the EU research landscape, they bring real industrial refinery operations as a testbed for energy efficiency, carbon capture, catalysis, and wastewater treatment technologies. Their H2020 participation focuses on decarbonizing and modernizing petrochemical processes — from waste heat recovery and CO2 conversion to advanced catalytic materials and circular water use. They serve as the industrial end-user that validates research at scale in one of Europe's most energy-intensive sectors.
Core theme across Indus3Es (absorption heat transformers), BAMBOO (energy/materials flexibility), CORALIS (industrial symbiosis with waste heat), and FUDIPO (production optimization).
BIZEOLCAT (zeolite-based catalysts for hydrocarbon transformation), COZMOS (zeolite-metal nanocatalysts for CO2 conversion), and MACBETH (catalytic membrane reactors).
MOF4AIR (metal-organic frameworks for CO2 adsorption, their largest project at EUR 902K), COZMOS (CO2 conversion to fuels), and CORALIS (CO2 utilization in industrial symbiosis).
INTEGROIL (water reuse in oil industry), AquaSPICE (digital circular water innovations), EPC-EqTech (spent caustic treatment), and CORALIS (wastewater in industrial symbiosis).
EBIO (electrochemical biofuel upgrading) and EPC-EqTech (electro-peroxicoagulation for spent caustic treatment).
FACTLOG (cognitive digital twins for energy-efficient manufacturing), AquaSPICE (water digital twin), and Hydroptics (mid-infrared photonics sensing for oil industry).
Between 2015 and 2018, TUPRAS focused heavily on energy efficiency and waste heat recovery in refinery operations, alongside structural monitoring and production optimization tools (Indus3Es, FUDIPO, SafeAST). From 2019 onward, their portfolio shifted decisively toward green chemistry and decarbonization: CO2 capture via metal-organic frameworks, catalytic CO2 conversion, electrochemical processes, and circular water management became dominant themes. This mirrors the broader petrochemical industry's transition from operational efficiency toward carbon neutrality and environmental compliance.
TUPRAS is systematically building capabilities in carbon capture, electrochemistry, and industrial water circularity — positioning itself as a refinery operator actively preparing for post-fossil-fuel regulatory environments.
TUPRAS participates exclusively as a consortium partner, never as coordinator — consistent with their role as the industrial end-user providing real refinery infrastructure and validation environments. With 207 unique partners across 25 countries, they operate as a high-connectivity hub, joining diverse consortia rather than returning to the same partners. This makes them an accessible and experienced industrial partner who understands EU project dynamics well.
Extremely broad network of 207 unique partners across 25 countries, reflecting participation in large Innovation Action and Research & Innovation Action consortia. Their reach spans Western Europe, the Mediterranean, and beyond, with no narrow geographic clustering.
TUPRAS is one of very few major petroleum refiners actively participating in EU-funded green transition research. They offer something rare: access to full-scale refinery operations where catalysis, carbon capture, wastewater treatment, and energy recovery technologies can be tested under real industrial conditions. For any consortium needing an industrial demonstration site in the petrochemical sector, TUPRAS is among the most experienced and well-connected partners available from Turkey.
