Al-Ruwais Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: ADNOC Refining
• Website: https://www.adnoc.ae/
• Location: 240 kilometers west of Abu Dhabi City
• Capacity: 40.0 million tons/annum & 800,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A refining complex that consists of five trains, two condensate splitters and three high conversion trains

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation - 120,000
• Two Condensate Splitters (2x140,000 bpd)
• Vacuum Unit (46,000 bpd)
• Unibon Unit/Hydro cracker (27,000 bpd)
• Naphtha Hydrodesulphurization (34,350 bpd)
• Catalytic Reformer (19,150 bpd)
• Kerosene Hydrotreater (20,780 bpd)
• Gas Oil Hydrodesulphurization (21,850 bpsd)
• Hydrogen Plant (60,000 Nm3/hr)
• Two Sulphur Recovery Plants (44/49 tons per day)
• Two Naphtha Stabilizers (2x27,500 bpd):
• Two Kerosene Sweetening Units (2x52,000 bpd)

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The condensate splitters are designed to process condensate from the On-shore Gas Development and Asab Gas Processing Plant.
• The refinery currently processes Murban Crude Oil
• The Crude Flexibility project will enable the Refinery to process heavier offshore crude oil from Upper Zakum Oil Field

Products Produced

• Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Premium Unleaded Gasoline (98 Octane), Special Unleaded Gasoline (95 Octane), Naphtha grades, Jet-A1 and Kerosene grades, Gas Oil grades, Straight run Residue, Bunker grades 180 and 380 cst and Granulated Sulphur

Projects

• A major upgrade is underway to enable the refinery to process heavy crude oils. For details see Ruwais Refinery Crude Flexibility Project
• The refinery completed a major expansion in 2015, for details see Ruwais Refinery Project
• The project raised its refining capacity at the site by 400,000 barrels a day (b/d), by constructing the new refinery to operate alongside the existing 417,000-b/d facility.

Other Information

• In 2019, ENI and OMV became shareholders in ADNOC refining

History

• 1982 - Refinery Commissioned with capacity of 120,000 bpd
• 1985 - Hydrocracker complex started with capacity of 27,000 bpd
• 1991 - Hydrocracker expanded by 4,320 bpd
• 1996 - Vacuum Column expansion completed
• 1999 - Refinery expanded with additional 140,000 bpd CDU
• 2000 - Refinery expanded with additional 140,000 bpd CDU
• 2015 - Refinery expansion completed
• 2017 - Delayed coker commissioned

Links

1. ADNOC refining
2. Saipem Grass Roots Refineries]
3. Saipem Atmospheric Crude Distillation Units]
4. Saipem Catalytic Reformer Units]
5. Saipem Vacuum Distillation Units]
6. Technip PMC Refining References]
7. Refinery Webpage
8. Saipem Hydrocracking Units]
9. ADNOC Takes Next Step in Growing its Downstream Operations by Commissioning New Unit to Extract Maximum Value from Heavy Oils and Slurry