Baiji Salahedden Refinery

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Summary Information

  • Ownership: North Refineries Company
  • Website: http://www.nrcbaiji.com/
  • Location: Baiji, Iraq
  • Capacity: 7.0 million tons/annum & 140,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:
  • Refining Depth:

+++ Brief Description

  • The refinery consists of two separate complexes of 70,000 bpd each. Complexity is low.

+++ Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation, 2* 436 m3/h
  • Vacuum Distillation - 2 x 31,700 bpd
  • Light Distillate HDS Unit, 2* 192 m3/h
  • Hydrocracker - 38,000 bpd
  • Solvent Deasphalting - 2 x 10,656 bpd
  • Solvent Extraction - 12,420 bpd
  • Gas Oil HDS Unit, 2* 79.5 m3/h
  • Calatytic Reforming Unit, 53 m3/h + 110 m3/h
  • LPG Recovery Unit, 540 ton/day
  • Asphalt Blower
  • Base Oil Complex
  • Sulphur Recovery - 280 t/d


+++ Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

+++ Crude Supply

  • -

+++ Products Produced

  • -

+++ Ongoing Projects

  • An Isomerization Unit is being added by Technoexport
  • Honeywell is replacing the automation systems


+++ Other Information

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+++ History

  • 1981 - Refinery commissioned by Snamprogetti
  • 2011 - Refinery bombed in terror attack

+++ Relevant Links

  1. Technoexport Petrochemical industries References
  2. Iraq’s biggest oil refinery shut down after attack
  3. Iraq’s North Refineries Company Selects Honeywell For $9.6m Automation Contract
  4. Saipem Asphalt Bitumen Blowing Unit
  5. Atmospheric Gasoil Desulphurisation
  6. Saipem Hydrocracking Units
  7. Saipem Lube Oil Units
  8. Saipem Wax Units
  9. Saipem Sulphur Block Units