1. Abdulghafoor M. Abduljabbar
Iraq Refinery2012 International Conference and Exhibition on Refinery Industries in Iraq April 17th-18th, presented by
Abdulghafoor M. Abduljabbar
North Refineries Company’s Director General
Iraqi Ministry of Oil
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2. Actual situation of North Refineries Company(NRC) and our plan to meet world class refining standards
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3. Contents Introduction.
North Refineries Company’s Process Units and Licensors.
North Refineries Company’s Organization Structure.
North Refineries Company’s new projects.
Future major refineries in Iraq.
Our aims.
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4. North Refineries Company (NRC)
North Refineries Company was established in 1982 and it is the largest refining company among the Iraqi Ministry of Oil companies with design capacity of BPSD. NRC employed over 8,873 employees. The company produces over 35 different type of product such as unleaded premium gasoline, illuminating kerosene, ATK, diesel, lube oil product, spindle oil, transformer oil, Asphalt, sulfur, LPG, RT … etc.
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5. North Refineries Company consist of the following refineries and facilities;
1- 310,000 BPSD Baiji Refining Capacity. A- Salahuddin (1) Refinery with BPSD Refining Capacity. B-North Refinery with BPSD Refining Capacity With BPSD small Two Units. C- Salahuddin (2) Refinery with BPSD Refining Capacity. 2- New Isomerization Unit / 20,000 BPSD, in operation since July, Lube Plant (two trains): Ton of different lube stocks per train. 4- Packaging and Loading Arms facilities.
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6. 5. Exterior Refineries: A
5. Exterior Refineries: A. Kirkuk Refinery with 30,000 BPSD Refining Capacity. B. Siynia Refinery with 30,000 BPSD Refining Capacity. Two units in operation and one unit under construction. C. Kisik Refinery with 20,000 BPSD Refining Capacity. One unit in operation and second under construction. D. Qaiyarah Refinery with 34,000 BPSD Refining Capacity. Needs to extend Crude Pipe line from the Strategic Line about 60 Km. E. Hadithah Refinery with 16,000 BPSD Refining Capacity. F. Aljazirah Refinery with 20,000 BPSD P28 Refining Capacity. Planned to be re-engineering and reinstalling inside NRC. 6. Future Projects: i. New Kirkuk Refinery with capacity of 150,000 BPSD. ii. New FCC unit with capacity of 55,000 BPSD.
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7. 1- Salahuddin Refinery 1 Process Units and Summery
No.
Unit Name
Design Capacity
Licensor 01
Atmospheric Distillation
70,000 BPSD
SNAM 02
Light Distillate HDS
29,000 BPSD 03
Light Gas Oil
12,000 BPSD 04
Reformer
8,000 BPSD 05
LPG
540 Ton/Day 06
Sulpher
51 Ton/Day
1982 was the year of operation.
EPC has been done by Technoexport.
The refinery operate 90% of its design capacity.
2000 M3/Day of black oil is being injected back to the crude oil.
Because of the long operation life, sanctions, and wars most of the units need rehabilitation.
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8. 2- North Refinery Process Units
Unit No.
Abbrev.
Service
Design Capacity
Licensor 01
ADU
Atmospheric Distillation
150,000 BPSD
SNAM 02
VFU
Vacuum Flashing
65,000 BPSD 03
NHT
Naphtha Hydrotreating
41,000 BPSD
UOP 04
KHT
Kerosene Hydrotreating
28,000 BPSD 05
GHT
L.G.O. Hydrotreating
31,000 BPSD 06
CRU
Catalytic Reforming
22,000 BPSD 07
VHC
Vacuum Gas Oil Hydrocracking
38,000 BPSD 08
HPU
Hydrogen Production
71,860 Nm3/h
KTI 09
GSU
Gas Sweetening
32,600 Nm3/h 10
LPGR
LPG Recovery
650 Ton/Day 11
SRU
Sulfur Recovery
281 Ton/Day 12
SWS
Sour Water Stripping
114 M3/h 14
CCR
Reformer Catalyst Regeneration
454 Kg/h 56
LPGD
LPG Dehydration
C Ton/h
C Ton/h
CCEC
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9. North Refinery Summery;
1983 was the year of operation.
EPC has been done by CHIYODA.
The refinery operate 85% of its design capacity.
25,000 M3/Month of Naphtha is being injected back with the crude oil.
Because of the long operation life, sanctions, vandalism, and wars most of the units need rehabilitation.
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10. 3- Salahuddin Refinery 2 Process Units and Summery
No.
Unit Name
Design Capacity
Licensor 01
Atmospheric Distillation
70,000 BPSD
SNAM 02
Light Distillate HDS
29,000 BPSD 03
Light Gas Oil
12,000 BPSD 04
Reformer
16,500 BPSD 05
Isomerization
20,000 BPSD
1984 was the year of operation.
EPC has been done by Technoexport and TPL.
The refinery operate 85% of its design capacity.
2000 M3/Day of black oil is being injected back to the crude oil.
Because of the long operation life, sanctions, and wars most of the units need rehabilitation.
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11. 4- Exterior Refineries Process Units and Summery
No.
Refinery
Unit Name
Design Capacity
Licensor 01
Kirkuk
1973 Year of Operation
Atmospheric Distillation unit 1
Atmospheric Distillation unit 2
10,000 BPSD
Howbacker 02
Siynia
1978 Year of Operation 03
Kisik
1982 Year of Operation
Atmospheric Distillation unit
20,000 BPSD 04
Qaiyarah
Year of Operation
A- Asphalt unit 1
Asphalt unit 2
Asphalt unit 3
Asphalt unit 4
B- Atmospheric Distillation unit 1
Atmospheric Distillation unit 2
2,000 BPSD
4,000 BPSD
Lummus
Ingeco
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12. Exterior Refineries Process Units and Summery
No.
Refinery
Unit Name
Design Capacity
Licensor 05
Hadithah
1951 Year of Operation
Atmospheric Distillation unit 1
Atmospheric Distillation unit 2
6,000 BPSD
10,000 BPSD
FosterWeeler
Howbacker 06
Aljazirah
1984 Year of Operation
Atmospheric Distillation unit
2,000 BPSD
Ingeco
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13. Iraqi Refineries Location
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14. North Refineries Company’s Organization Structure
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15. North Refinery in respect of implementing FCC (Fluid Catalytic Cracking) unit 55,000 BPSD of capacity for conversion fuel oil to light products especially of fuel oil up to 30% of the total production volume. Feasibility Study has been done by JICA. FEED and Licensor Selection will be done by JICA too.
Six new boilers- 400 Ton/Hr Capacity, under Construction, Two of them will be to start up Jun 2012.
New power generation plant/ 85 MW, contracted and site preparation. plan to be completed April 2013
Reconstruction of 54 Storage Tanks. 90% has been done & will be complet befor July 2012
New LPG Unit/ 400 Ton/day. Contracted will be start up Nov.2013.
Upgrading of Waste Water Treatment System.
New R.O. unit in Operation since 1/1/2010.
NRC has a number of projects which will contribute to the development of the North Refineries Company as follow:-
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16. Upgrading Existing Hydrogen production with KTI (TKT)company.
New Can production line. Contracted with a Germany Company.
Sulphur-Pelletisation unit. Received at site and under installing.
Upgrading North Refinery’s Control System by Honeywell with DCS system.
De-bottlenecking and Improving the performance of North Refinery, by Choyoda & UOP. SAL. 1 Refinery & SAL. 2 Refinery, under discussion with Chemo project.
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17. Future Major Refineries in Iraq
New Kirkuk Refinery in Kirkuk City ( North of Iraq) 150,000 BPSD Refining Capacity FEED will be over by jun2012
Maissan Refinery in Maissan City ( South of Iraq)150,000 BPSD Refining Capacity.
Karbala Refinery in Karbala City ( South of Iraq) 200,000 BPSD Refining Capacity. Has been awarded to Italian company for investment.
Nasiriya Refinery in Nasiriya City ( South of Iraq) 300,000 BPSD Refining Capacity.
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18. Achieved about 97 % FEED by Shaw Energy and Chemicals Limited/ UK
New Kirkuk Refinery
Process Unit’s Licensors for New Kirkuk Refinery Capacity of 150,000 BPSD
Achieved about 97 % FEED by Shaw Energy and Chemicals Limited/ UK No
Licensor
Process Unit 1-
SGSI
Kerosene Hydrotreating Technology 2-
Light Gas Oil Hydrodesulphurisation Technology 3-
VGO Hydro-Cracking 4-
HALDOR TOPSOE
Hydrogen Production Unit 5-
POERNER
Blown Asphalt 6-
UOP
Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit FCC 7-
Naptha Hydrodesulphurisation 8-
NC4 Isomerisation Unit 9-
Continuous Catalytic Reformer CCR
10-
C5/C6 Isomerisation Unit
11-
MERICHEM
Saturated Gas Plant LPG Treatment
12-
Unsaturated Gas Plant LPG Treatment
13-
DUPONT-STRATCO
C3/C4 Alkylation
14-
LURGI
Sulfur Recovery and Tail Gas
15-
Shaw Energy and Chemicals
Atmospheric Distillation
16-
Vacuum Distillation
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19. Thank you for your attention
NRC’s Aims
Our primary goal is to:-
Optimizing production Quantity 
Improving products quality.
Improving efficiency.
a- Replacing North Refinery’s Control System with DCS system.
b- Upgrading Sal. 1, Sal. 2, and N.R. refinery.
c- Replacing old pumps and compressor with new ones.
d- Replacing old Furnace's tubs with new ones.
  e- Replacing old North Refinery’s boilers with new ones.
Enhancing safety and security.
Reducing downtime.
Be green with the environment.
Rehabilitation North Refinery’s Waste Water Treatments to improve water quality that is been discharged to the river.
Thank you for your attention
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