Riyadh Refinery (120,000 barrel per day (BPD) capacity) in the Central Region of Saudi Arabia is supplied with crude oil from the East-West pipeline. Riyadh Refinery, unlike Rabigh or Yanbu Refineries, contains a vacuum column, which permits processing of the heavier crude fractions. Consequently the refinery contains a 30,000 BPD hydrocracker, for upgrading of heavy fraction. Riyadh Refinery also has a 30,000 BPD catalytic reformer for upgrading naphtha to gasoline blending products.
LARGEST MIDDLE EAST' S REFINER
Meeting demand requires extensive, integrated manufacturing and transportation systems. A kingdom-wide network of refining, supply, and distribution facilities, staffed by highly trained personnel, maintains this continual supply of refined products.
Saudi Aramco's five domestic refineries, at Riyadh, Ras Tanura, Rabigh, Yanbu' and Jiddah, have a combined capacity of approx. 1.4 million barrels per day. Adding the company's two domestic joint-venture refineries, with ExxonMobil in Yanbu' and Shell in Jubail, brings in-Kingdom refining capacity to more than 1.9 million barrels daily, making Saudi Aramco one of the largest refiners in the world.
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