Karbala Refinery Project
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Summary Information
- Ownership:
- Website:
- Wiki Page: Karbala Refinery
- Location: Karbala, Central Iraq
- Capacity: 7.0 million tons/annum & 140,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Project Stage:
- Expected Completion: 2018
- Budget: $6 Billion
The Project
- Project Type: New greenfield refinery
- Project Summary: A medium sized refinery, medium complexity, equipped with FCC, reformer units and specification improvement units.
- Main Contractors:
- TECHNIP: Front-end engineering design (FEED)
- Hyundai consortium: Engineering, Procurement & Construction
- Licences
- UOP: Penex, FCC, Platforming, Unionfining, Chlorsorb
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation Unit (140.000 BPSD)
- Vacuum Distillation Unit (72.000 BPSD)
- Naphtha HDS Unit (41.500 BPSD)
- Reforming Unit (CCR ) (25.500 BPSD)
- C5/C6 Isomerization Unit (12.500 BPSD)
- Kerosene HDS Unit (20.000 BPSD)
- Gas Oil Hydro-Treating Unit (28.000 BPSD)
- Vacuum Gas Oil Hydrotreater Unit (36.000 BPSD)
- Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCC) (31.500 BPSD)
- Polynaphtha Unit (11.500 BPSD)
- Hydrogen Production Unit (2X36000 M3/HR )
- Sulphur Recovery Unit (2 X 180 TPSD)
- Blown Asphalt Unit (1000 TPSD)
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- The refinery will be able to process any mixture of Basrah Regular Crude Oil (34ºAPI) and Basrah Mishrif Crude Oil (28ºAPI)
Products Produced
- LPG
- GASOLINE (Unleaded Premium, Regular)
- KEROSENE & ATK KEROSENE
- ATK GAS OIL (Diesel) GAS OIL (Diesel) HEAVY GAS OIL (Heavy Diesel)
- BLOWN ASPHALT (Paving & Many Types Of Industrial Blown Asphalt)
- FUEL OIL
- Products Specification will be according to EURO-4 as minimum required.
- Gasoline , Kerosene &Gas oil with (10 ppm) Sulphur content
History
- 2009 - Technip awarded FEED
- 2014 - EPC contract awarded to Hyundai consortium
- 2014 - Foundation laying ceremony
- 2015 - UOP awarded licences for multiple units
Other Information
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Relevant Links
- Karbala Refinery Project
- Technip awarded a services contract for a grassroots refinery in Iraq
- The Project of Karbala Refinery is one of the Biggest in the Iraq
- Mr. Noori Al-Maliki the Prime minister puts the Corner Stone for Karbala Refinery
- Honeywell Technology to Drive Iraq’s Most Advanced Refinery
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