Bapco Sitrah Refinery
Summary Information
- Ownership: Bapco
- Website: http://www.bapco.com.bh/
- Location: Bahrain
- Capacity: 12.5 million tons/annum & 250,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Refining Units
- CDU
- VDU
- Hydrocracker - 60,000
- FCC
- Visbreaker
- Diesel Desulphurisation - 70,000
- Hydrogen unit,
- Sulfur recovery unit
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- About one-sixth of this crude originates from Bahrain Field;
- The remainder is pumped from Saudi Arabia via a 54km under-sea and overland pipeline.
Products Produced
- LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Fuel Oil
- Products meet Euro V specifications
Ongoing Projects
- In June 2008, BAPCO established a joint venture with Finland’s Neste Oil Corporation to build a high-quality lubricant base oils plant in Bahrain.
- The plant will be one of the largest of its kind in the world with an annual capacity of 400,000 tonnes
- Scheduled for completion by the end of 2011, feedstock for the new base oil facility will be provided by BAPCO’s hydrocracker unit.
Other Information
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History
- 1936 The Bahrain Refinery - with a capacity of 10,000 barrels per day - opened
- 1968 Bahrain Refinery expansion programme completed with 250,000 barrel-a-day capacity
- 1997 The Bahrain Government assumes 100% ownership of the Bahrain Refinery
- 2001 Kerosene Merox units commissioned as part of the Refinery Modernisation Plan
- 2007 Start-up of Low Sulphur Diesel Production complex, constructed by JGC.
Relevant Links
- Bapco Refining Page
- 2008 Annual Report
- Diesel Desulphurisation Project, Hydrocarbons Technology
- Contract Awarded for BAPCO Refinery Modernization Project in Bahrain
- The perfect blend of gasoline
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