Zarqa Refinery Project

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company
• Website: http://www.jopetrol.com.jo/
• Wiki Page: Zarqa Refinery
• Location:
• Capacity: million tons/annum & bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Project Stage:
• Expected Completion: 2021

• Budget:

The Project

• Project Type: Expansion and Upgrade
• Project Summary: The refinery will be expanded from 60,000 bpd to 120,000 bpd and have additional VCC, hydrocracking, reforming and hydrotreating units added
• Main Contractors
  • KBR: licensor for VCC Technology
  • Honeywell UOP: crude and vacuum distillation units Polybed™ PSA unit, CCR Platforming™, Penex™, MinAlk™, Merox™ and Selectfining™ units

Refining Units

• CDU
• Vacuum distillation
• VCC slurry phase hydrocracker
• Unicracking
• Hydrotreating units
• Reformer

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

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Products Produced

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History

• 2017 - KBR awarded VCC contract
• 2017 - UOP awarded technology licence contract

Other Information

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Relevant Links

1. Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company Selects KBR VCC Technology
2. Honeywell UOP Signs Agreement to Provide Technology and Equipment for Expansion of Jordanian Refinery

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