Nassiriyah Refinery Project
Summary Information
- Ownership: Iraq National Oil Company
- Website:
- Wiki Page:
- Location: Nassiriya in southern Iraq
- Capacity: 15 million tons/annum & 300,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Project Stage: FEED Awarded
- Expected Completion: 2015
- Budget:
The Project
- Project Type: Greenfield
- Project Summary: A greenfield refinery to serve the Southern Iraqi market
- Main Contractors:
- Foster Wheeler
- UOP will provide reforming, isomerization, fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) and selective hydrotreating technologies
- Axens will provide residue & middle distillate hydrotreating and Isomerisation technologies
Refining Units
- There are two options
- VGO Hydrocracker + VGO FCC + Blown Asphalting
- In this case, the upgrading of the vacuum residue is not considered, and it is used as fuel for power plant and asphalt production.
- AR Direct Desulfurization + Resid FCC
- This is a scheme to convert most of atmospheric residue to light oils.
- VGO Hydrocracker + VGO FCC + Blown Asphalting
- H-OilRC Unit, - 52,000 barrels per day (BPSD)
- Prime-D™ – Gas Oil desulfurization hydrotreater - 105,000 BPSD
- Prime-K™ – Kerosene desulfurization hydrotreater - 24,000 BPSD
- Butane Isomerization unit – 11,900 BPSD.
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- Two kind of crude oils will be processed; Basrah and Mishrif.
- Basrah Crude Oil is light and similar to Arabian Light, while Mishrif Crude Oil is
rather heavy.
Products Produced
- Products will be Euro 4
History
- 2010 - Foster Wheeler Awarded FEED Contract
- 2011 - Axens licences selected for major units
Other Information
- The Japan External Trade Organisation made a study of the feasibility of the project.
Relevant Links
- Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract for New Grassroots Refinery in Iraq
- Japan External Trade Organisation
- Honeywell UOP Technology Selected to Expand Iraqi Transporation Fuel Production
- "Axens’ Technologies for Irak Nassiriya New Refinery"
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