The al Dora oil refinery has had two units of 70k barrels/day added to it. This has expanded the refinery capacity from 70k to 210k/day

The samawa mini refinery is a reconstruction of an old 10k barrels/day unit that was destroyed in the 1991 gulf war. It has been expanded to 30k barrels/day and an asphalt unit has been added in 2009.

The Basra Oil refinery has been expanded to 250k barrels/day by adding two 70k units to it, just like the dora refinery expansion.

Iraq has a new project for 4 grass roots refineries.

The projects depend on foreign financing, and this has not been secured yet, but the FEED designs have already been contracted and the first FEED will finish this year, after which Iraq will seek WB funding.

The projects will have the following strategic and tactical advances for Iraq:
-Eliminate imports of refined products
-Export high-value refined products to neighbouring countries
-provide fuel for the expanding consumer base and power generation requirement
-eliminate the use of leaded fuel
-increase output of much needed asphalt
-use the heavy fuels which don't have a very good export market.

The refineries are:
Karbala: 140k barrels/day
Nassiriya: 300k barrels/day
Missan (amara): 150k barrels/day
Kirkuk/Sulaymania: 150k barrels/day

Projects are envisaged to be completed by 2015.

^^ approximately, how many b/d does Iraq still import (refined products) ?

as of today iraq is overcapacity in refined products.

note this was only achieved last month when the czechs' finished the dora and basra refinery expansion.

all the new refineries are being built for expected future demand expansion and to introduce unleaded fuel to iraq... (ya there's no unleaded fuel in iraq and 80% of the cars have catalytic converters!!!).

^^ that's excellent news :)

although I remember Shahristani saying that Iraq wouldn't achieve fuel self sufficiency until some in 2011 at the earliest ...

80% of cars still on catcons !! :ohno:

hmmm. i don't know what he meant by that? perhaps LNG? anyway, the ministry is a mess! so don't take my word for it, I could be completely wrong,

honestly no one knows what the real production is! and even if the new units are fully operational or not!

its just pandemonium there. and all because they refuse to use an ERP system (reduces graft, and forces you to learn computers / engRish).

Any idea what the refining sector looks like in KRG? It is said they have dozens of topping plants..is it true?

there's a 20k barrel refinery in erbil (similar to the slightly larger ones in Najaf and Samawa which are 30k each). Also there will be a new 140k barrel refinery built between Sulaymania/Kirkuk in the new "refinery expansion" plans.

however the KRG play their own games so who knows what they will do... this is the situation as of today.

hey sheytan, do you know much about the pipeline that they are proposing to link with Iran. I heard that it will be a two way line that sends crude to Iran, and then imports refined product in return. Is this true? if this the case, then we're clearly still not self sufficient :ohno:

this was an old idea from a few years back. The Iranians are still pushing it, but the Iraqis have cooled off on the idea since they don't really need it anymore.

What Iraq DOES need from Iran however is lots of NATURAL GAS.

so we will still be dependent on them for Dry natural gas for a long time, as long as currently 700Mcf are flared in associated gas fields (likely to increase as more oil fields are tapped) and Iraq is currently using around 750Mcf from associated fields. Whilst iraq's new power stations need 3000Mcf/d for full capacity. you can see that for the next 6-8 years at least Iraq will need to import Dry natural gas from Iran (and shell's dream of exporting LNG from Iraq are truly pie in the sky).

^^ I see

I just don't understand why the progress of the shell's gas capture project is SOOOO SLOW.
It's probably the most needed project of all, but everyone is taking as much time as they feel for no apparent reason. What on earth is behind the delay ! Now it's apparently awaiting cabinet approval (after more than 2 freaking years), and they still haven't approved !

The reason is that Shell got an "exclusive" deal from Shahristani on this project to actually have a Production Sharing Agreement (you know the type of contract that the oil companies couldn't get).

They would co-own the Southern Gas Company with Iraq and mitsubishi and be responsible for all associated gas from the oil fields that RIVAL internatiola oil majors are drilling and operating. Those rivals want to trap the associated gas themselves from the fields they control. Shahristani is being suspected by rivals in government for giving both a PSA and an exclusive no-bid agreement with shell... then again, Shell/Mitsubishi want a guaranteed Return On Investment period, that shahristani can't offer them (since he knows most, if not all, the gas will be used domestically with very little margin for Shell).

and shell wants to build an offshore LNG terminal, whilst iraqis want to hook up to the azeri-turkish pipeline...

blah blah blah...

^^ hmm.. my impression was that shell wants to profit from selling the gas to power plants and LNG products to domestic market. but you're probably right that they would get a relatively smaller margin compared to exports

I find it weird that they got a PSA from shahristani, esp after the year long rampage that he had with KRG about their PSA contracts :ohno:

Does Iraq have any capablity of capturing the gas (without resorting to shell)?

It looks Shell is now being given only 3 fields to capture and process the flared gas: Rumaila, West Qurna phase one, Zubair. Shahristani was saying in the news yesterday it's a done deal now. So there's no PSA!

Sheytan, any idea how many of those 10-30 small refineries Iraq has in the north and south? Can they replace the big refineries if they can't get financing for the big ones? In the old days they used to say those small ones are good for nothing and they only produce bad quality products. is that true? The Najaf one looks impressive (to a non-expert like me)...

there are lots of small refineries in Iraq: of the top of my head there are:

erbil - 20k
qayarah - non operational as far as i know
hadithah - 10k
Najaf - 30k
Samawah - 30k
khanaqin - 10k (not operational)

did I miss any out?

and yes they do just produce low quality diesel and petrol, so they are completely useless. The one in Najaf that you mentioned is the most "modern" one and is marginally better. But still iraq needs proper modern petrochem complexes to produce the full range of refined products.

Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract for New Grassroots Refinery in Iraq

Foster Wheeler AG /quotes/comstock/15*!fwlt/quotes/nls/fwlt (FWLT 24.85, -0.05, -0.20%) announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a feasibility study and front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by the Iraqi Ministry of Oil for a new grassroots refinery at Nassiriya in southern Iraq. The proposed refinery will have a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day.

The Foster Wheeler contract value for this project was not disclosed and will be included in the company's second-quarter 2010 bookings.

In executing this contract, Foster Wheeler will develop the configuration of the new refinery to meet the client's processing objectives, evaluate proprietary technologies, prepare a report covering the feasibility of the project and the design basis of the refinery facilities, engage the selected licensors and prepare the front-end engineering design package for the total project.

"This award reflects our position as a leading refining contractor. We believe that the very balanced and objective approach we apply to refinery investment planning and technology evaluation, our long and successful track record in refining project execution, and the in-depth technical expertise and experience of our refining consultants have again delivered a winning combination," said Umberto della Sala, president and chief operating officer, Foster Wheeler AG.

I'm glad to hear the Nasseria refinary is going ahead, esp with a big name like Foster Wheeler

It's only a FEED. Now they have to find investors to cuff up a few billions to build it...or not.

yup. in fact the FEED for the karbala refinery is finished... but no investor to make it happen yet (although ground has been cut already, some works and storage tanks built...). still Nassiriya needs a foreign investor of at least $2Bn (for a 50% share).. WB seems to be one of the few candidates.

KBR Wins Maysan Refinery Contracts
Posted on 24 August 2010. Tags: Halliburton, KBR, Maissan, Maysan, Missan, Refineries

KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced that it has been awarded two contracts by the Republic of Iraq Ministry of Oil through the South Refineries Company. KBR will provide licensing and basic engineering services for the construction of Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) and Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) units at the planned grassroots Maissan Refinery in Maissan [Maysan], Iraq. Work on the projects is expected to commence immediately.
KBR will license its FCC Technology for an anticipated 47,500 barrels per day (BPD) FCC unit and its Residuum Oil Supercritical Extraction (ROSE(R)) technology for a 45,000 BPD SDA unit. The FCC unit will be delivered under a joint marketing alliance between KBR and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE).
“These awards mark the first wins for KBR’s Technology Business in Iraq and provide KBR the opportunity to introduce two of its leading refining technologies into an important, emerging market,” said Tim Challand, President, KBR Technology. “We look forward to forging a solid and sustainable relationship with the Ministry and South Refineries Company.”
KBR is a global engineering, construction and services company supporting the energy, hydrocarbon, government services, minerals, civil infrastructure, power and industrial markets.

very interesting news, since as I remember in August Shaw Group hadn't even finished the FEED... does this mean that the FEED has been taken away from Shaw? KBR is getting up and ready with EPC work.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-26/iraq-ready-to-pay-for-one-refinery-if-no-investors-can-be-found.html

Iraq is prepared to stump up for the cost of building one of four refineries planned in a $20 billion program if investors can’t be found, Deputy Oil Minister Ahmed al-Shamma said.

The government may disburse annual payments from the state budget to pay for the construction of a refinery in the central city of Karbala, Shamma told reporters today during a conference in Basra, Iraq.

“The Karbala refinery is a priority,” as it is in central Iraq where consumption is very high, he said.

Iraq, holder of the world’s fifth-largest oil reserves, has plans to build four refineries to almost double its capacity to process fuel and cut dependence on gasoline and other product imports.

The four refineries, designed to add capacity of around 750,000 barrels a day, will be based in Karbala, in the northern Kirkuk region, the eastern Maysan area, and Nassiriyah in the southeast.

Iraq has refineries in Baghdad’s Dora district, in the southern region of Basra and in the northern city of Baiji. The three have a combined capacity of 700,000 barrels a day and can produce about 500,000 barrels a day because of wartime damage. The country also has about 30 smaller refineries that together have a total production capacity of 300,000 barrels a day.

there is already a huge budget deficit !


where will they find the money (without significantly cutting operating costs in the budget)?

Iraq open to talks to develop Nassiriyah field, build refinery
Tokyo (Platts)--25Jan2011/313 am EST/813 GMT

Iraq Deputy Oil Minister Ahmed al-Shamma said Tuesday his country was open to one-to-one negotiations for a deal to both develop the Nassiriyah oil field and build a 300,000 b/d refinery in the region. "There is a good chance of negotiating a deal like that," Shamma told reporters in Tokyo. "It is a possibility that is accepted by most of my colleagues at the ministry," Shamma added, in reference to a deal that would combine both the downstream and upstream projects.

Shamma added a "big part" of Nassiriyah's 300,000 b/d refining capacity, which would be fully supplied by the Nassiriyah oil field, would be made available for export. Earlier this month Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussein al-Shahristani, who is also the country's former oil minister, said the oil ministry planned to issue a tender for development of the Nassiriyah oil field this year.

Shahristani's comments followed previous negotiations between Iraq and a Japanese consortium about a possible engineering, construction and procurement contract for the field that ended last year without a deal.

It was not immediately clear whether Baghdad's next tender would be limited to upstream development of Nassiriyah or whether it would also include building an oil refinery in the province, as previously envisaged by Iraq.

With regards to when the tender for Nassiriyah would be announced, Shamma said the "timing had not been decided on that," adding this was partly due to Iraq giving priority to licensing rounds for gas and exploration projects.

He also said Japanese consortiums interested in negotiating for the project would have a good chance of securing a deal for Nassiriyah because of previous work they has done in the country. The Nassiriyah field was not included in either of the two international bidding rounds launched last year by the oil ministry, with Iraq inviting Nippon Oil to bid on a separate EPC contract to develop the field.

The Nassiriyah EPC contract was designed to raise output to 100,000 b/d within 18 months of the contract being signed. Production was set to rise to 150,000 b/d and possibly to 200,000 b/d within two years of the contract coming into effect.

Attack shuts Iraqi Beji oil refinery

SAMARRA, Iraq — An attack on Iraq's biggest oil refinery early on Saturday left two engineers dead and one of its refining units badly damaged, prompting the facility to shut down, a senior official said.

The attack on the Baiji refinery, in Salaheddin province north of Baghdad, struck at around 4:30 am (0130 GMT) when gunmen stormed the installation, killed the engineers and planted bombs at the refining unit.

"Armed men entered the refinery and shot dead two of the engineers," said Abdul Qader al-Saab, the facility's deputy chief.

"Then they detonated bombs at one unit, the Al-Shamal unit, of the refinery, which represents 25 percent of the refinery's production. In the morning, we came to put out the fire, which erupted as a result of the bombs."

He added that the unit was badly damaged and the entire refinery had been closed.

Iraq currently has three major refineries -- Baiji in the north, Basra in the south, and Dora in south Baghdad.

They have a combined capacity to handle 550,000 barrels per day of crude, producing refined products including 12 million litres (3.2 million gallons) of petrol, 15 million litres of diesel, nine million litres of heating oil and large volumes of fuel oil for power stations.

Baiji on its own has overall capacity of 290,000 barrels but was operating at 70 percent capacity before the attack.

The combined effects of years of UN sanctions against the regime of now executed dictator Saddam Hussein, and the US-led invasion of 2003 and its violent aftermath have meant that they are in serious need of refurbishment.

^^ this is really bad news... on top of the problems we have already.. now we get serious fuel shortages

Work to begin on Nassiriyah refinery in Iraq

Design will begin soon on a 300,000 b/d refinery to be built in Nassiriyah, Iraq, according to a key contractor.

UOP LLC said Iraq’s State Company for Oil Projects, part of the Ministry of Oil, has selected it to provide reforming, isomerization, fluid catalytic cracking, and selective hydrotreating technologies for the new facility.

As part of the overall technology package, UOP will provide basic engineering, technology licenses, catalysts, and specialty equipment.

UOP, part of Honeywell, noted that Iraqi refining capacity is to more than double by 2017 to 1.6 million b/d and to double again by 2030.

Last year, the oil ministry reported plans to invest about $20 billion in four refineries. In addition to the facility at Nassiriyah, it has let contracts for preliminary work on refineries with capacities of 150,000 b/d each at Karbala, Kirkuk, and Maysan

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looks like it's the FEED to me.. not actual construction

^^ this is really bad news... on top of the problems we have already.. now we get serious fuel shortages

and they say other countries aren't sabotaging iraq...give me a break. i really hope they find where these attackers are coming from and who's financing them...

^^ that was from Feb btw not today..

but yea, ofcourse other countries are financing them.. and we know very much who they are..

good thing now the army has stepped in to guard the Beji refinary (was on the news a week or so ago.. i forgot to post about it)..

We are starting work on nassiriya in a few months. But it's only At the design stage now, we won't finish the design until early 2012.

^^
Oh right, thanks for that..

do you know what's going on with the karbalaa refinery ? did they start construction or not yet?

SOME construction started already back in September 2009. Progress is going at snail's pace... basically Iraqis are paying for things piecemeal and still trying to find "foreign investors" TO BITE... but now they realise they simply have to fund it themselves step by step, and with a loan from the World Bank/Other international Bank (no loan has been approved for it to speed up implementation yet).

Honeywell technology chosen for new transportation fuel refinery in Iraq

The State Company for Oil Projects, through the Ministry of Oil for Iraq, has chosen Honeywell's (NYSE:HON) UOP technology to expand transportation fuel production in Iraq.


The UOP technology will process up to 300,000 barrels of crude oil a day into gasoline and diesel at a new refinery to be built in Nassiriya, Iraq.


UOP technologies to be used in the new refinery will include the CCR Platforming and Penex processes, which are used to produce high-octane gasoline, and the UOP FCC and Selectfining, which produce ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel and gasoline.


UOP will provide reforming, isomerization, fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) and selective hydrotreating technologies, as well as basic engineering, technology licenses, catalysts and specialty equipment for the new refinery, with design commencing in the second quarter of 2011.


"We are pleased to be working with the SCOP again as Iraq focuses on doubling its oil refining capacity," said Rajeev Gautam, president and CEO of UOP. "The high yields delivered by our technologies combined with our methodology for process unit integration and optimization will enable SCOP to produce the maximum yields of high-quality gasoline and diesel product while also maximizing the economic value of the project."


Iraq is expanding refining capacity in the Middle Eastern country to 1.6 million barrels a day by 2017, more than two times the capacity of its existing refineries. Iraq's refining capacity is expected to double again by 2030.

SOME construction started already back in September 2009. Progress is going at snail's pace... basically Iraqis are paying for things piecemeal and still trying to find "foreign investors" TO BITE... but now they realise they simply have to fund it themselves step by step, and with a loan from the World Bank/Other international Bank (no loan has been approved for it to speed up implementation yet).

I see.

Do you reckon that it will be the same case for the Nassryiah refinery, or have they got the finance in order this time round ?

UK Consultants Win £31m Iraqi Oil Refinery Deal

Posted on 20 July 2011.

A £31 million contract – the biggest agreed in nearly two decades of operations – has been landed by consultant process engineers Grimley Smith Associates (GSA), according to the Grimsby Telegraph.

The Brigg-based company has been awarded a two-year project to upgrade facilities at an oil refinery in Basra, Iraq.

It is with the South Refineries Company of Iraq, part of the Iraqi Ministry Of Oil, and will involve the engineering, procurement and construction of site utilities.

Dr Andrew Grimley, executive chairman of GSA, said: “This is a major milestone in our history, signing our biggest contract to date.

“Reaching an agreement on the deliverables with the client and Ministry Of Oil in Iraq has now been achieved, so we are now in the process of ironing out the detail.”

The company has received signed copies of the contract and has accepted a letter of credit. Initial meetings have also been held.

Michael Grimley, project manager at GSA, said: “We are delighted to have been awarded such a large project in Iraq.

“With an operable letter of credit and all other contractual requirements met, we are confident in starting the engineering.”

GSA has taken on the role as turnkey contractor and will undertake all aspects of the design, procurement and project management while working with an Iraqi construction company to deliver the project at site.

The project will involve over 27,000 man hours of design over a two-year period. The current construction period is anticipated to be six months. GSA will be developing the designs from GSA House in Brigg Market Place, using consultants and suppliers local to North Lincolnshire wherever possible.

Founded in 1992 by Dr Grimley and Michael Smith, the firm was bought out by Fabricom UK in December last year.

The company has also recently won a contract with the Centre For Process Innovation and Tata Steel to design and construct a new research facility at Tata Steel’s Teesside Technology Centre in Middlesbrough.

The facility will advance high-temperature technologies and cost £5 million.

Fabricom has secured a major phase of the contract, which includes construction and structural erection, mechanical engineering and instrumentation installation, site establishment and project management.

The project has received £2.5 million investment from One North East through the Tees Valley Industrial Programme, which is helping to accelerate industrial transition in the area and help the region to seize emerging opportunities in low-carbon and advanced manufacturing.

Nigel Carlton, managing director of GSA and Fabricom in the UK, said: “I am pleased to see that the joint capabilities of Fabricom and GSA working together is already providing demonstrable value for our clients.”

Italian Investors MoU for $6.5bn Karbala Refinery

Posted on 26 July 2011.

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in principle with a group of Italian investors to build a refinery in Karbala, the oil undersecretary for refineries affairs said on Tuesday.

Ahmed al-Shamma said in a statement that the signature was made to enable the consortium complete its procedures for the project, denying recent media reports that a full contract was signed.

The memorandum has period of six months, after which the ministry is no longer bound by this document.

“According to this document, the ministry is ready to extend all possible assistance in regards to supplying them with crude oil and benefiting from the products for internal consumption,” he concluded.

Gulf News, among others, reported that the Ministry of Oil of Iraq had signed an agreement for the construction of the $6.5bn refinery in Karbala with RKC (Refinery of Karbala Corporation Ltd.). The new refinery would have a capacity of 200,000 barrels of crude oil per day

Shell Expands Further in Iraq

Posted on 05 August 2011.

Shell Global Solutions has signed an agreement with the South Refineries Company of Iraq for the provision of technology licenses to a refinery in Basra, Southern Iraq.

Shell Global Solutions will provide a license for a sulphur recovery unit and visbreaker unit as part of the agreement. Together with the refinery expansion, these technologies will contribute to optimised operations at the Basra refinery, significantly boosting capacity.

The sulphur recovery unit is likely to enable the refinery to meet and exceed world standards for emissions whilst the visbreaking unit will help increase overall upgrading, building a future-proof solution.

The upgrading of the refinery will contribute to fulfilling Iraq’s expected future demand for oil products.

“These license agreements demonstrate Shell Global Solutions’ commitment to the country and the development of this sector, as part of the Shell Group’s long-term strategy in Iraq…We are now entering the downstream sector in Iraq, a key growth market” said S. Ozmen, Vice President Licensing, Shell Global Solutions.

“We expect the technology to spearhead the revamp of the Basra refinery, which is likely to lead to its best in class status” said Hanna Al-Jadaa, Project Director, South Refineries Company.

Iraq has a new project for 4 grass roots refineries.

The projects depend on foreign financing, and this has not been secured yet, but the FEED designs have already been contracted and the first FEED will finish this year, after which Iraq will seek WB funding.

The projects will have the following strategic and tactical advances for Iraq:
-Eliminate imports of refined products
-Export high-value refined products to neighbouring countries
-provide fuel for the expanding consumer base and power generation requirement
-eliminate the use of leaded fuel
-increase output of much needed asphalt
-use the heavy fuels which don't have a very good export market.

The refineries are:
Karbala: 140k barrels/day
Nassiriya: 300k barrels/day
Missan (amara): 150k barrels/day
Kirkuk/Sulaymania: 150k barrels/day

Projects are envisaged to be completed by 2015.

Hi, you say Iraq is much in need of asphalt, but the Ministry said that production exceeds demand. What's your view on that?

http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?storyid=1093264424

Do you know any plants in the north region of iraq which buy fuel oil to process into asphalt?

Thank you.

I cant go into details due to confidentiality, but the new refineries in Iraq are designed to increase output of white oil products. the main items that they want to increase are diesel, petrol and LPG. The main item that they want to reduce as a fraction is heavy fuel oil which Iraq no longer needs as the new power stations use natural gas.

The asphalt production will go up! Whether they need it or not depends on who you ask... that's how Iraq works :D (sorry I don't know the specifics of the asphalt needs of the country in depth).

the article you linked is 2 years old, since then asphalt use has probably DOUBLED all over Iraq, all the new refineries have asphalt production, the nature of oil refining means you're always going to end up having SOME asphalt and heavy fuel oil at the end...

Hi, apart from the small plants below, how about these small refineries?

Kasik (Mosul)
Seniyah (Salah ad Din)
Al Jazeera
Muftiah
Sulaymaniya

are they operational?

there are lots of small refineries in Iraq: of the top of my head there are:

erbil - 20k
qayarah - non operational as far as i know
hadithah - 10k
Najaf - 30k
Samawah - 30k
khanaqin - 10k (not operational)

did I miss any out?

and yes they do just produce low quality diesel and petrol, so they are completely useless. The one in Najaf that you mentioned is the most "modern" one and is marginally better. But still iraq needs proper modern petrochem complexes to produce the full range of refined products.

Hi, apart from the small plants below, how about these small refineries?

Kasik (Mosul) - no idea
Seniyah (Salah ad Din) - no idea
Al Jazeera - no idea
Muftiah - no idea
Sulaymaniya - out of Iraqi jurisdiction!

are they operational?


hey, I may ask down at the oil ministry next week and get back to you!

Kasik (Mosul) - no idea
Seniyah (Salah ad Din) - no idea
Al Jazeera - no idea
Muftiah - no idea
Sulaymaniya - out of Iraqi jurisdiction!

are they operational?


hey, I may ask down at the oil ministry next week and get back to you!

My guess is they're running at very low rate (2-4kbd?). The ministry will know better!

I also wonder if the current & new Kirkuk refineries can supply non-kurdish regions? Is there any rule on that?

hi, does anyone know if one can bring crude to the oil pumping stations (eg Baiji pump station, or IT-2 (near Jawan) and sell it to the iraq-turkey pipeline?

And is there any limits on the quality of the crude to be able to mix in?

Thanks!

sh_jinny.

you're asking questions that are really beyond the ability of posters here to answer. Firstly the only companies able to place oil into the pipelines are regulated by the oil ministry. The strategic oil pipeline in theory handles all grades of crude oil, but due to the nature of the buyers, the oil types would be segregated. In practice in Baiji you get mostly kirkuk crude.

however your best answer would be from the oil ministry itself. All the oil companies with service contracts are now exporting via the southern terminals as Kirkuk was not auctioned off (due to the standoff with KRG).

yes sorry about the level of details, i was just trying...but this is very useful thanks!!

Iraq signs Memorandum of Understanding for construction of Mosul refinery, petrol plaza

[8/27/2011]

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an Egyptian company to implement an investment refinery in Mosul with a capacity of 150 thousand b/d, as reported by the oil undersecretary for refineries' affairs.

Undersecretary Ahmed Al-Shama' informed that the memorandum laid the principles to build an investment refinery in Mosul to be supplied by the crude oil from Najama and Qayara oil fields.

The company was granted a 3-year period to prepare the studies and designs. According to Shama's statement, the company has the right to open its fuel stations with the benefit of other oil products.

Shama pointed out that the aim of the project is to benefit from the heavy crude oil to produce also other products for internal consumption.

New Refineries for Karbala and Maysan

5/10/2011

The Iraqi Oil Ministry wants to build two new refineries in the provinces of Karbala [Kerbala] and Missan [Maysan], in order to reduce the country’s dependency on foreign oil imports, according to AKnews.

The one in Karbala will produce up to 140.000 barrels of fuel per day, the one in Missan up to 150,000.

The announcement comes one day after the Oil Ministry reported that Iraq is still not able to produce enough oil and gas to meet its own demands. While Iraq produces 8 million liters of liquid gas per day, it consumes approximately 12 million liters.

The situation is even worse as far as oil is concerned: 12 million liters of refined oil are produced in Iraq every day, however another 12 million liters have to be imported from international markets.

In a move that some regards as a panic reaction, the Oil Ministry this weekend halted its programme to provide free fuel to owners of generators. The programme started in June in order to increase private energy production and cost $400 million [468 billion Iraqi dinars].

Axens Wins Contract at New Nassiriya Refinery

06/10/2011.

The State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), part of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, has awarded the French-based Axens, a fully-owned subsidiary of IFP Energies nouvelles, the Basic Design and License contracts for the construction of the new refinery in Nassiriya, Iraq. Axens will supply the following process technologies for the refinery:

H-Oil RC technology for the hydroconversion of 52,000 barrels per day (BPSD) of vacuum residue (VR). The H-OilRC plant will convert deeply VR to low sulfur distillates and produce a low sulfur residue.

Prime-D™ – Gas Oil desulfurization hydrotreater. The 105,000 BPSD unit will produce ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) with less than 10 ppm of sulphur.

Prime-K™ – Kerosene desulfurization hydrotreater with a processing capacity of 24,000 BPSD.

Butane Isomerization unit – having a process capacity about 11,900 BPSD.

The refinery will have a capacity of 300,000 BPSD of domestic crude oil and will deliver high quality products mainly for the domestic market.

Iraq Plans Refinery When Developing Nasiriyah Oil Fiel

16/10/2011.

Bloomberg reports that Iraq will ask companies to build an oil refinery when it invites bids to develop the Nasiriyah field south of Baghdad.

Abdul- Mahdi al-Ameedi, the head of the ministry’s licensing department, said, “we will not develop the Nasiriyah oil field on its own but in tandem with the establishment of a refinery”.

The refinery will have a capacity of 300,000 barrels a day, he said, but the ministry hasn’t specified a date for the tender and isn’t in negotiations on the plan.

It has informed foreign companies including Eni SpA, Nippon Oil Corp. and Chevron about the project, he said

Shaw to Conduct Feasibility Study to Rehabilitate Refinery in Iraq
Dec 13, 2011


The Shaw Group Inc. today announced it has been awarded a contract by the South Refineries Company, which is part of the Republic of Iraq's Ministry of Oil, to provide a feasibility study for the rehabilitation of its 140,000 barrels per day refinery in Basra, Iraq. The study will assess the current condition of the refinery and estimate the engineering, equipment supply and construction services required to improve its operation.

The study is funded by the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) through a grant to the South Refineries Company. This is the first grant the agency has provided directly to an Iraqi grantee, marking the USTDA's support of Iraq's long-term economic development.

"This study will help to promote the development of Iraq's oil business and modernize vital facilities," said James Glass, president of Shaw's Energy & Chemicals Group. "This is Shaw's fourth refining project in Iraq, reinforcing our continuing commitment to the Middle East region."

In Iraq, Shaw is conducting feasibility studies and front end engineering and design (FEED) for two grassroots 150,000 barrels per day refineries near the cities of Maissan and Kirkuk, for the Republic of Iraq's Ministry of Oil. The FEED work includes all process units, offsite facilities and utilities for both refineries. Through a fluidized catalytic cracking alliance, Shaw, with its partner, Axens, are providing a process design package for a 30,000 barrels per day residual fluidized catalytic cracking (RFCC) unit at Midland Refineries Company's refinery in Daura.

The undisclosed value of the contract will be included in Shaw's Energy & Chemicals segment's backlog of unfilled orders in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012.

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Kirkuk Refinery Design Plans to Finish by April

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-26/kirkuk-refinery-design-plans-to-finish-by-april-official-says.html

Iraq will complete initial planning for a 150,000 barrel-a-day refinery in the city of Kirkuk in April, according to Abdulghafoor Abduljabbar, director general of North Refineries Co.

Shaw Energy & Chemicals Ltd. has completed 60 percent of the refinery’s front-end engineering and design phase, Abduljabbar said at an oil forum in Tokyo today.

Engineering and design has already been completed for a 150,000 barrel-a-day plant in Maissan, a 200,000 barrel-a-day facility in Karbala and a 300,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Nasiriya, he said.

Japan to grant 2 billion dollar-loan to Iraq
25 Feb 2012


BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq : Japan will grant Iraq a 2 billion-dollar loan to build a refinery in Iraq, provided the contract should be given to a Japanese company, according to Kuwaiti news agency.

The refinery shall be a part of a big refinery complex in Basra, south Iraq.

This is the greatest assistance given to an Iraqi project ever.

The loan will cover the costs of the whole project, but will be expanded if the implementation is given to a Japanese company.

The terms of the loan stipulated spending 624 million dollars for materials to be made in Japan.

Contractors' bids shall be submitted next year, to be decided in 2014.

Why are they taking a loan... I thought they had $100 billion to spend this year.

Why are they taking a loan... I thought they had $100 billion to spend this year.

This is a win only deal for Iraq. Iraq needn't to think about funding a 2 BILLION refinery from the budget (that's like 2% just for one refinery), instead it's a sure funding from Japan. At the same time Iraq get's to buy Japans technically advanced equipment in return....win only deal.

This is a win only deal for Iraq. Iraq needn't to think about funding a 2 BILLION refinery from the budget (that's like 2% just for one refinery), instead it's a sure funding from Japan. At the same time Iraq get's to buy Japans technically advanced equipment in return....win only deal.

hmm I see what you mean.

$2bn will fund a part of a refinery / petrochem complex (I presume this is for the rehabilitation of PC2 in Basra?).

The Nassiriya refinery is still in FEED / Environmental Impact Assessment stage. Its final cost will be in the $7.5-$8Bn range also funded by loans.
BTW. the nassiriya refinery will refine crude from nassiriya and some of the refined produce will be exported via Umm Qasr. ;)

ultimately all these projects will have to be financed since Iraq simply does not have the liquid cash to pay up front. I suppose another way would be to allow foreign companies to build and own these refineries (and buy oil from SOMO), but Iraq's statist government doesn't yet accept such solutions...

Iraq's refinery situation must change
Iraq has repeatedly stated that it intends to build four modern and complex refineries with a total capacity of 750 thousand barrels a day

This week a conference will be held in London under the title ‘Iraq Refinery 2012'. The Ministry of Oil is sending a high level delegation to the conference and said in a letter to the organisers that it "will use this event as an occasion to present the programme for planned future refineries, the redevelopment of the existing refinery infrastructure, and our strategy for the redevelopment of the refining and petroleum industry in general. The Ministry will use this event to engage in constructive dialogue and exchanges for effective collaboration and joint venture opportunities."
For some time now, Iraq has repeatedly stated that it intends to build four modern and complex refineries with a total capacity of 750 thousand barrels a day and is apparently using the occasion to promote private investment in these refineries.
A few years ago, Iraq promulgated a law allowing private investment in refineries and amended the law to give investors a 5 percent discount on crude oil in addition to other incentives and a guarantee to buy the products at international prices, while allowing the investor to export surpluses.
Iraq also went ahead in almost completing front end engineering and design (FEED) with a cost running in tens of millions of dollars for each refinery. Yet no interest was shown so far by any investor and it is unlikely that any will come forward in the short term.
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There is no doubt that Iraq needs to expand its refining industry though, in parallel, priority should also be given to rehabilitating, modernising and expanding the processing of existing refineries to rid them of the heavy end of the barrel and reduce the crude oil needed to satisfy the demand.
The capacity of existing refineries stood at about 700,000 barrels a day in 2002 but now is at 800,000. But these refineries keep working on average of 65-70 per cent of capacity and sometimes less for various reasons ranging from refinery status or local conditions and the general situation in the country since the occupation.
Therefore, to satisfy domestic demand, Iraq resorted to importing large quantities of light petroleum products as early as 2003 when it was actually exporting substantial amount of products in 2002.
In the years 2004-2011, Iraq imported on average 3.7 million tonnes a year of light products such as LPG, kerosene, gasoil and especially gasoline. The total imports since 2003 may be more than 30 million tonnes at a cost running into billions, which would have been more than sufficient to finance the expansion of the existing refineries and build at least two large-scale modern ones.
Rising gasoline imports
The trend of imports is on the rise and is likely to continue for some time to come. The Ministry of Oil itself estimates that gasoline imports in 2014 could be as high as 47,000 barrels a day or over two million tonnes a year.
The ministry, however, believes other products will be in slight surplus but this is doubtful and more imports will be forthcoming. The problems with imports are not just the cost associated with them but the huge logistics problem of importing through a single-entry point in the south and delivering the products throughout the country.
At the same time the import facility is a makeshift arrangement and Iraq needs to have a proper and independent arrangement for this operation, which can be used for exporting products when conditions improve.
If Iraq is intent on privatising the refineries, the question may be asked why the ministry did not include this programme as a factor when it awarded many fields and a huge portion of the country's reserves to international oil companies.
For private investors, refinery investment is difficult in the best of circumstances due the limited margin of profit most of the time. But for a government in an oil-producing country there are many advantages in building these refineries to secure the demand for oil products, provide employment, improve infrastructure and introduce new skills and technology which can spill over to other sections of the economy.
Iraq only has to look to the progress made in some neighbouring countries which have adopted similar programmes.
Iraq has to face the responsibility of at least building the first refinery expeditiously using its own resources. At the same time the site selection of the new refineries appears to have been influenced by a desire to please local governments rather than satisfy an optimum objective for the whole country. This has to be reviewed while there is still time.

Iraq and Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., a joint venture of Chevron Corp. (CVX) (CVX) and ConocoPhillips (COP) (COP), signed a letter of intent to evaluate the feasibility of developing a petrochemical plant in the country, officials said.

The company would examine building a new facility and upgrading an existing Iraq-owned petrochemicals factory in southern Basra province, Hanaa al-Husseini, a spokeswoman for the Industry and Minerals Ministry, said today in Baghdad.

Melanie Samuelson, a spokeswoman for Chevron Philips, said in an e-mailed statement that the company, with headquarters in The Woodlands, Texas, wants to assess “the feasibility of developing an integrated petrochemical complex.” Both Chevron Phillips and the ministry declined to give additional details, including cost estimates or dates for the project.

Iraq holds the world’s fifth-largest crude reserves and the fifth-biggest natural-gas deposits in the Middle East, according to data from BP Plc that also include Canadian oil sands. The government, which depends on crude sales for more than 90 percent of its official income, wants to diversify into chemicals production and other industries.

Iraq’s oil output is on the rebound after stagnating for years during the rule of Saddam Hussein, ousted by a U.S.-led invasion in 2003. The nation burns off natural gas produced in association with crude because it lacks the infrastructure to use it as a fuel for electricity plants or feedstock for petrochemicals.

The ministry’s al-Husseini said April 9 that Shell Chemicals Ltd. agreed in a separate arrangement to study the feasibility of a petrochemical plant.

Iraq Plans to Boost Oil-Refining Capacity by 23% Early Next Year
Iraq’s refining capacity will increase by 23 percent to 760,000 barrels a day by early next year once refineries are enlarged, according to Deputy Oil Minister Ahmad al-Shamaa.
The expansions, particularly of the Daura facility in Baghdad and the Basra plant in the south, will add 140,000 barrels a day to existing capacity, he said today in an interview in the Iraqi capital. The enlargements are happening as Iraq boosts crude production capacity, he said.
Iraq’s oil-processing facilities have been running below capacity because of damage sustained since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. The country plans to build four refineries at a cost of about $25 billion, including a 300,000 barrel-a-day plant in Nasiriyah and a 140,000 barrel-a-day processing plant in Karbala, both in the south, Shamaa said.
The Iraqi government plans to pay for the Karbala refinery from its own budget and is preparing to seek bids for the construction of the Nasiriyah plant as part of the contract to develop the oil field of the same name, Shamaa said.
The nation holds the world’s fifth-largest crude reserves, according to data from BP Plc (BP/) that include Canadian oil sands.

$4 billion for new refinery in Karbala

By Shaymaa Adel, Azzaman, November 1, 2012

The Ministry of Oil has allocated $4 billion for the construction of a new refinery in the southern Province of Karbala.

The refinery will take four years to complete and it will be built by Iraqi technicians and engineers under the supervision of a team of international experts.

“The Oil Ministry has earmarked $4 billion for the construction of a refinery in Karbala with a capacity of 150,000 barrels of oil a day,” said the ministry’s undersecretary for refineries and gas processing affairs, Ahmad al-Shamaa.

Shamaa said Iraq wanted to increase its refining capacity currently estimated at more than 500,000 barrels a day to meet predictions of a rise in domestic consumption of fuel.

Iraq was also keen to have a foot in the lucrative international trading in oil by-products, he added.

Shamaa said the ministry had plans to construct three more major refineries, one with a capacity 300,000 barrels of oil the other two with a capacity of 150,000 barrels a day each.

Iraq is expected to add 650,000 barrels to its refining capacity in four years, taking its total refining capacity to more than 1.1 million barrels a day.

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Iraq’s refining capacity to hit 750,000 bpd in 2013

Date: Sunday, December 09, 2012
Source: Azzaman

Iraq’s refining capacity will increase from its current level of 600,000 bpd to 750,000 bpd next year, said Oil Ministry Undersecretary Ahmad al-Shamaa.

But according to the report from Azzaman, the surge will still fall short of meeting the country’s domestic needs, with some of Iraq’s major refineries producing much less than their capacity due to shortages of crude.

Iraq’s oil production is the highest in 30 years but it lacks the means to transport the crude to some of its refineries lying far away from producing oil fields.

Shamaa said there were plans to build four more refineries in Iraq to propel refining capacity to 1.5 million barrels a day in four years.

Wow so they want to double it in just four years? Impressive if succeeded.

Iraq to quadruple refinery capacity with help of U.S. firm
Special to WorldTribune.com
BAGHDAD — Iraq plans to oversee an imminent project to build a major
oil refinery.

A worker at an oil field in Nasseriya in southern Iraq. /Reuters/Aref Hassan
The Oil Ministry has completed preparations for the design of a refinery in the southern Iraqi city of Nasseriya. Officials said the ministry has selected the U.S. firm UOP, to design the refinery, meant to have a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day.
Under the contract, UOP, part of Honeywell, would provide basic
engineering, technology licenses, catalysts and specialty equipment. The company said it would help Iraq quadruple refinery capacity by 2030 to an estimated 1.2 million barrels per day.
Iraq has drafted plans to build or upgrade four refineries in a $20
billion project. The facilities, each designed for a capacity of 150,000
barrels per day, would also be located in Karbala, Kirkuk and Maysan.
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Iraq refining industry revisited
Quest to rebuild country’s oil machine is still a quest, ten years on
By Saadallah Al FathiPublished: 21:58 February 17, 2013
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Ten years after the invasion and occupation of Iraq and billions of dollars spent, the refining industry in that country is still struggling to meet domestic petroleum products demand.
Just before the invasion Iraq, it was not only meeting local demand but actually exporting to neighbouring countries some products like fuel oil, gas oil, LPG and lubricating oils in spite of the difficult years of the embargo on Iraq, which started in August 1990.
The year 2003 may be considered a time for recovery in the aftermath of the invasion and a time of resupply with spare parts, chemicals, catalysts and general engineering materials. Yet refinery capacity utilisation has gone down since then drastically to 50 per cent sometimes and on average to not more than 60 to 70 per cent. Notwithstanding some improvement, capacity utilisation was only 70 per cent in 2012 where refinery feed was about 580 thousand barrels a day (kbd) out of a crude distillation capacity of 840 kbd.
This situation has forced Iraq to import substantial volumes of petroleum products over the years. In 2012 only, imports of LPG, gasoline, kerosene and diesel totalled almost 4.5 million tons costing over $4 billion. It will not be an overstatement if one says that petroleum products imports cost may have been over $20 billion since 2003. Even with this level of imports, shortages are often reported in many localities due to the fact that reserve stocks are limited and are not proportional to the expected demand.
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Another episode in the refining industry in Iraq is the lack of care for its lubricating oil refineries, which used to be the oldest and most experienced in the region as its history dates back to 1957. The available capacity of lube oils production in the three major refineries adds up to 345,000 tons a year. Production in 2012 was only 20 per cent, which is in fact an improvement over previous years. Because trade in lube oils is in the hands of the private sector, statistics are not reliable with respect to imports. However, with due consideration of fuels consumption, I humbly estimate imports to be over 100,000 tons a year costing close to $150 million and adding to over a billion dollars over the years since 2003. Technically, there is no quality control over lube imports similar to the rest of petroleum products imports with the attendant damage that could come from using sub-standard products.
This situation is unlikely to change as refinery utilisation may not improve substantially due to the pressure of demand and the near impossibility of stopping refineries long enough for major maintenance, repairs and modifications.
Unfortunately, the plans for four new and complex modern refineries are still on the board where millions were spent on studies and designs but no action on sites yet. The quest of the Ministry of Oil for private investment is not yielding any positive results and unlikely to do so in the near future. The refining industry even in the best situation does not yield good profit margins for its investors and, therefore, national oil companies in countries like Iraq do shoulder the responsibility of building refineries not only to supply the domestic market and export surpluses but to reap the advantages of deep industrialiszation, employment and technology transfer in addition to safeguarding the energy security of the country.
Even the expansion of the existing refineries, which could go a long way of easing the situation, is on a slow burner. The plans exist for many years now and some of them go back to before 2003 but very little have been achieved in contracting for the conversion units in the major refineries that are to increase light products production at the expense of surplus residual fuel oil. Even the modest expansion of the last few years was only in crude distillation capacity without supporting process units to improve products quality.
There is indeed no easy solution or a quick fix for Iraq refining industry as long as the chase of private investment takes precedent over the role of the national companies and government budget. But a suggestion may be made if there are any listeners. Use government prerogative to contract speedily for at least one refinery that can be easily connected to the infrastructure for serving the consumption centres.
Similarly and at the same time contract for the conversion units in the major refineries and construct the additional units needed to upgrade products to an acceptable level.
The refining industry in Iraq and in many other countries was and continues to be a well-established example of technical excellence with its capabilities often flowing to other industries and this advantage must be kept in mind for a long time to come.

— The writer is former head of the Energy Studies Department at the Opec Secretariat in Vienna.
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