Karbala Refinery Project
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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- Karbala Refinery Project
- Technip Refining References
- 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
