Project Profile
Location: Ras Lanuf port at the Gulf of Sirte on the North African coast, 650 km east of Tripoli
Start-up Year: 1972
Capacity: 6.5 million barrels of oil
Ras Lanuf is a port at the Gulf of Sirte on the North African coast, 650 km east of Tripoli and 345 km southwest of the city of Benghazi. The port started operating in 1964. The Ras Lanuf tank farm is some 9 km inshore from the coastline. There are 3 main pipelines connecting the oil fields with the tank farm, which consists of 13 oil storage tanks with a total nominal capacity of 6.5 million barrels of oil. The tanks are 100 m above sea level allowing the oil to flow to the port by gravity. Oil is metered before entering into the tanks. It is then filtered under full control, stored in a recovery tank prior to delivery to the ships in the port.
Loading into the crude oil carriers takes place at four offshore berths. Berths 1 & 2 are of the roadstead conventional submarine type and are located approximately 1 mile offshore. They are designed to handle tankers from 30,000 to a 100,000 DWT with a maximum draft of 18 metres, at a maximum loading rate of up to 52,000 barrels per hour. Berths 3 & 4 are single buoy moorings and are located approximately 2 miles offshore. They are designed to handle tankers up to 30,000 DWT with a maximum draft of 23 metres, at a maximum loading rate of up to 46,000 barrels per hour.
Operator:
Harouge Oil Operations (joint venture operator of Libya’s National Oil Corporation and Petro-Canada): Operator with 100% interest