Hassi Messaoud 2 refinery

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Hassi Messaoud 2 is a new refinery train being built by Sonatrach in Algeria.

Total project cost of $3.7B.

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 100 kbpd

Condensate splitter   

Vacuum distillation    

Coker 

RCC    

Resid hydrocracker    

Solvent deasphalting - 10 kbpd   

Visbreaker    

Thermal cracking    

Hydrocracker - 20 kbpd    

FCC     

Alkylation    

Polymerization    

C5/C6 Isomerization - 10 kbpd  

Reformer - 20 kbpd -  Continuous (CCR) unit

Naphtha hydrotreater  - 30 kbpd 

FCC gasoline hydrotreater   

Kerosene hydrotreater   

Distillate hydrotreater - 20 kbpd  

VGO hydrotreater   

Resid hydrotreater   

C4 Isomerization   

Aromatics extraction   

Hydrogen production   

Oxygenates plant   

Base oil plant   

Asphalt plant   

Resid gasifier   

Location


refinery website

Refinery history

2020 - Construction began

2024 - Expected start up