Project Profile
Value: US$430 million
Location: Sitra
Start-up Year: 2Q 2014
Capacity: 12,000 barrels a day
The project will look to route around 12,000 barrels a day of unconverted oil from the existing hydrocracker at the Bapco refinery to the new unit, which will then convert the feedstock to 400,000 tonnes a year of sulphur-free lube base oil, mainly for export. The feedstock for the new base oil facility will be provided by the hydrocracker unit commissioned in 2007 at Bapco\'s Bahrain oil refinery. Neste Oil are responsible for sales and marketing of the output of the joint venture plant. Bapco will also provide the Operations, Maintenance and Management services to the Joint Venture.
Operators:
Joint venture:
Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO)
Neste Oil
Contractors:
Chevron: Engineering services
GE: Design and supply a Membrane Bioreactor System (MBR) system
Jacobs Engineering: FEED contract
Samsung Engineering: EPC contract
Technip: Engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning contract for four main work packages to upgrade BAPCO main refinery in Bahrain including units aimed at processing the “bottom of the barrel” components to high value products, and all associated off sites and utilities to provide seamless integration with existing refinery facilities earmarked for retention post this major modernisation.
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) (joint venture of CB&I and Chevron Corp.): Contract to provide licensing for its proprietary LC-Fining and isocracking technologies as well as engineering design packages for the new residue hydrocracking and vacuum gas oil hydrocracking units included in the refinery’s modernization program (contract is valued at more than US$100 million)