Friday, July 31, 2009

Saudi Aramco Refinery

RAS TANURA REFINERY

The most complex Saudi Aramco refinery is on the Arabian Gulf at Ras Tanura with a crude distillation capacity of 550,000 barrels per day (BPD). Ras Tanura Refinery also has a 305,000 BPD NGL processing facility, a 960,000 BPD crude stabilization facility, 145/158 MW (summer/winter) of combined steam and gas turbine electrical power generation plants, a combined 150 lb and 600 lb steam capacity of 6,217 Mlb/hr, and 75 crude oil and products storage tanks with a combined capacity of 5.8 million barrels. 

Ras Tanura Refinery's major refining facilities include a 325,000 BPD Crude Distillation Unit, a 225,000 BPD Gas Condensate Distillation Unit, 50,000 BPD hydrocracker and a total of 107,000 BPD capacity of catalytic reforming. Ras Tanura Refinery is the only Saudi Aramco refinery that contains a Visbreaker (60,000 BPD). This refinery also produces 17,000 BPD of asphalt, more than any other refinery in the Kingdom. Crude is normally transferred to Ras Tanura through a pipeline and can also be supplied by ship. Most of Ras Tanura’s production is for domestic use and transferred to the Dhahran bulk plant, while some products are exported.

TERMINALS

Mammoth tank farms and shipping terminals supply crude oil, natural gas liquids and refined products to customers around the globe. Every year, more than 9,000 tankers call at Ras Tanura and Ju'aymah on the Arabian Gulf, and at Yanbu', Jiddah and Rabigh on the Red Sea. Since beginning its first terminal operations at Ras Tanura in 1939, Saudi Aramco has been on an ambitious expansion track that now enables its terminals to service the largest crude and LPG tankers afloat.

Egypt’s Oil Refinery

MIDOR

To remain Egypt’s leading Oil Refinery against potential aggressive new competitors.

Providing local as well as international market with premium quality refined products, by continuously seeking refining technological advances.
Maximizing shareholders value ,by identifying significant growth potentials and maximizing refinery margins.
Ensuring employees’ welfare, by imposing safe working conditions, providing retention, health and pension programs.  
Participating in Egypt’s Sustainable Development of which is lowering of greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions.

First private free zone refinery in Egypt. 
First deep conversion scheme refinery in Egypt processing the bottom of the Barrel based on advanced technology. 
First refinery in Egypt to produce more than 87% of white liquid products.
First refinery in Egypt to produce low sulfur diesel.
First refinery in Egypt utilizing its integrated facilities to export its refined products.
First refinery in Egypt having two alternative power supply sources first the National Network for electricity and second its own integrated power supply station.
First refinery in Egypt having it’s own integrated water supply station.

BORL

BHARAT OMAN REFINERIES LTD

Bharat Oman Refineries Limited (BORL), a company promoted by Bharat Petroleum

Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Oman Oil Company Limited (OOCL), is setting up a 6 MMTPA grass root refinery at Bina, District – Sagar, Madhya Pradesh along with crude supply system consisting of a Single Point Mooring system (SPM), Crude Oil Storage Terminal (COT) at Vadinar, District – Jamnagar, Gujrat and 935 Km long cross country crude pipeline from Vadinar to Bina.

The project envisages setting up following facilities:

  • 6 MMTPA refinery located at Bina, District – Sagar, (M.P) for production of petroleum products.

  • Crude receipt & dispatch facilities comprising a Single Point Mooring (SPM) system and a Crude Oil Terminal (COT) at Vadinar, District – Jamnagar (Gujrat), and a 935 km cross country crude oil pipeline (24” diameter) from Vadinar to Bina pipeline (VBPL).

  • Pet Coke based Captive Cogeneration Power Plant (CPP) of 99 MW (33 x 3), and

  • Infrastructure facilities at the refinery as well as at COT e.g., township water supply system, etc.

Bina Refinery is 6 MMTPA grass-root refinery adopting state of art technologies designed to process Arab Mix crude (65% Arab Light and 35% Arab Heavy) but it will also have the flexibility to process other types of Middle East crude.

Oman Refineries And Petrochemical Company

ORPC

Oman Refineries and Petrochemicals Company LLC (ORPC) is a limited liability Company established vide the Royal Decree No. 99/2007 dated 23 September 2007 which stipulated the merger of Sohar Refinery Company LLC into Oman Refinery Company LLC. 

To ensure that the countrys needs of light products are met, the first Refinery in Oman, the Mina Al-Fahal Refinery (MAF), commenced its operations in 1982 with an initial design capacity of 50,000 bpd by utilizing Omani crude oil. The Refinery later increased its capacity gradually to 80,000 bpd by the year 1987 and then to 85,000 bpd by 2001. Today, the MAF Refinery processes 106,000 bpd after a major turnaround, inspection and revamp project which took place in April 2007. 

Twenty four years after the commissioning of the first Refinery in Oman, Sohar Refinery was commissioned in 2006 with a capacity of 116,000 bpd. Sohar Refinery was built with state-of-the-art technology to process the feedstock of long residue that is produced at MAF Refinery and blended with crude oil. This feedstock is transported to Sohar from MAF Refinery via a dedicated 24-inch diameter, 266 km long pipeline. Today ORPC’s total process capacity stands at 222,000 bpd. 

The Government of Oman, represented by the Ministry of Finance, owns 75% of the Company’s shares, while the Oman Oil Company owns 25%. 

ORPC will continue to provide quality services and products, and with the two locations it will take full advantage of the synergies and combined experiences in the business to benefit its customers and all stakeholders.

Shell Martinez Refinery


Shell's Martinez Refinery, in operation since 1915, is both a pioneer and a pacesetter. Throughout its history, it has amassed a tradition of technical achievement, and is currently one of the most complex refineries in the world.
  Located 30 miles northeast of San Francisco on about 1,000 acres of land, Shell's Martinez Refinery combines state-of-the-art facilities and equipment to convert up to 165,000 barrels of crude oil a day into many useful products. These products include automotive gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, petroleum coke, industrial fuel oils, liquefied petroleum gas, asphalt, and sulfur.

While high technology and expensive equipment are important in the daily operation of the Refinery, nothing is more important than our people. More than 700 men and women fill jobs encompassing a wide variety of activities. Most are highly skilled craftspersons and experienced operating personnel who work to make sure the Refinery functions safely and efficiently day and night.

There's also a large technical staff who plan for maintenance of equipment and construction of new facilities with safety, health, and the environment as primary considerations. Engineers and inspectors help fine tune operations for improved efficiency, while chemists and laboratory technicians assist the entire Refinery in assuring product quality.

The Products We Produce

Shell Martinez Refinery's product lineup falls into three categories. fuels, lubricants, and asphalts. Of these, fuels make up the largest volume of products, with about 85 percent of the oil processed here made into automotive gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel.

  • Motor Gasoline
  • Jet Turbine Fuel
  • Diesel
  • Petroleum Coke
  • Residual Fuel Oils
  • Road asphalt
  • Lubricant products and base stocks
  • Propane
  • Sulfur

Pak Arab Refinery Ltd Co.

PARCO

PARCO is a fully integrated energy company and considered to be the leading player in the industry. It is one of the largest companies of the Pakistani corporate sector with an asset base approaching Rs. 100 billion. As a joint venture between the Governments of Pakistan and Abu Dhabi, it is seen as a role model of Pak-Arab business co-operation and an 'enlightened investment decision'. PARCO is poised to further consolidate its growth and strategic supplier role for the country. That's why PARCO MEANS corporate ENERGY.

White Oil Pipeline

The White Oil Pipeline is also a major strategic significance to the country. The half-a-billion dollar, 817 kilometer, 26 inch diameter dedicated refined product pipeline will make the transport of up to 12 million tons refined petroleum products to up-country destinations even more efficient, cost effective and environmentally friendly. The Pak-Arab Pipeline Company, with a 51% equity holding by PARCO, is expected to commission this project in October 2004. The remaining 49% equity is shared by Shell (26%), PSO (12%) and Caltex (11%). PARCO will contribute its unique first hand pipeline operations and management experience to help make the venture a success. PARCO also MEANS refined ENERGY.

Refinery and Infrastructure

The Refinery is located at Mahmood Kot, which is in the Muzaffargarh District of Pakistan. The city of Multan, only 65 km, from the Refinery is well connected with a national communications network of rail, road and air. The nearest rail link is through Mahmood Kot which is about five kilometers from the Refinery.  

Within a 30 km radius of the refinery, there are two thermal power complexes at Kot Addu and Muzaffargarh having a capacity of 1,500 and 1,300 MW respectively, while a 762 MW AES Fuel oil based thermal power complex at Lalpir is only 5 kilometers from the Refinery. The River Indus is around 10-15 kilometer on the South West side of the Refinery, while the River Chenab is 35 kilometers on the North East side of the Refinery.


OGDCL – The leading E&P Player in Pakistan

OGDL

OGDCL is the national oil & gas company of Pakistan and the flagship of the country’s E&P sector. The Company is the local market leader in terms of reserves, production and acreage, and is listed on all three stock exchanges in Pakistan and also on the London Stock Exchange since December 2006. The Company is all set to ride the wave of E&P activity, equipped with its Vision & Mission, Business and Strategic Plan, a debt-free and robust balance sheet and healthy cash reserves. The Company is ready to take on the challenges of a volatile E&P industry.

OGDCL’s under a forward looking management foresees the organization as not only the leading E&P Company of the country, but also as a company known for its people, partnerships and performance in the region. The Company continued with its strategies of accelerating oil and gas exploration, adding to its reserves, early development of newly discovered fields and strengthening of its oil and gas production base in order to enhance indigenous production of the country and create value for its shareholders.