Sartorp Jubail Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Saudi Aramco / Total
• Website: http://www.satorp.com/
• Location: Jubail
• Capacity: 20.0 million tons/annum & 400,000 bbl/day
• Nelson complexity: 10.6

Brief Description

• A large dual train highly complex refinery that processes heavy sour crude oil

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation
• Diesel Desulphurisation
• Hydrocracker
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
• Coker
• Sulphur Recovery

Crude Supply

• The refinery processes Arabian Heavy

Products Produced

• The full-conversion refinery maximizes production of diesel and jet fuels
• It also produces 700,000 tons per year (t/y) of paraxylene, 140,000 t/y of benzene and 200,000 t/y of polymer-grade propylene.

Projects

• The refinery is being debottlenecked, a project that should be completed in 2020
• The refinery was commissioned in 2014
• See Jubail Refinery Project for details

Other Information

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History

• 2006 - Saudi Aramco and Total sign Memorandum of Understanding for proposed Jubail export refinery
• 2014 - The refinery was commissioned
• 2019 - The debottlenecking project was launched

Links

1. Sartorp, from Total
2. Saudi Aramco and Total sign Memorandum of Understanding for proposed Jubail export refinery
3. SATORP, Total’s Biggest Complex, Is Officially Inaugurated
4. KBR Awarded Contract For Refinery Debottlenecking Project In Saudi Arabia