Project Profile
Capacity: 8 million tonnes of crude
Value: $2500
Saudi Aramco will build the second oil refinery in Bangladesh. It will have an annual capacity to refine up to 8 million tonnes of crude. Bangladesh\'s state-run Eastern Refinery Limited in Chittagong port city has a capacity to refine 1.4 million tonnes of crude a year.
Bangladesh will double its oil imports to nearly 6.5 million tones in the fiscal year ending June 2012 to run oil-fired power generating plants and meet increased demand by manufacturing firms. Bangladesh\'s demand for fuel oil increases annually by more than 6 percent a year.
Operator:
Saudi Aramco