Hassi Messaoud Refinery Project

Summary Information

• Ownership: Sonatrach
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• Wiki Page:
• Location: Hassi Messaoud, Algeria
• Capacity: 5.0 million tons/annum & 100,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Project Stage: Under construction
• Expected Completion: 2024
• Budget: $3.7 billion

The Project

• Project Type: Greenfield Refinery
• Project Summary: a new deep-conversion crude oil Refinery with a capacity of 5 Million Tonnes per year
• Main Contractors
  • Samsung Engineering & Técnicas Reunidas were awarded the EPC contract

Refining Units

• Crude Distillation Unit (CDU)
• Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU),
• Continuous Catalytic reforming (CCR) Unit,
• Isomerization,
• Naphtha Hydro-treating(NHT) Unit,
• Hydrodesulfurization(HDS) Unit,
• Hydrocracker Unit (HCU)

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery will be supplied with local produced crude oil

Products Produced

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History

• 2018 - Tender for construction
• 2020 - Samsung and Técnicas awarded EPC contract

Other Information

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Links

Opening of the folds For the Hassi Messaoud Refinery project

1. Samsung Engineering wins the Sonatrach Hassi Messaoud Refinery in Algeria