Karbala refinery

Also known as:


New refinery being built in Iraq by KRC.

Total project cost of $6B.

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 150  kbpd

Condensate splitter   

Vacuum distillation - 70 kbpd    

Coker 

RCC    

Resid hydrocracker    

Solvent deasphalting    

Visbreaker    

Thermal cracking    

Hydrocracker     

FCC - 40 kbpd     

Alkylation    

Polymerization    

C5/C6 Isomerization - 12 kbpd   

Reformer - 25 kbpd - Continuous (CCR) unit

Naphtha hydrotreater - 40 kbpd  

FCC gasoline hydrotreater   

Kerosene hydrotreater - 20 kbpd   

Distillate hydrotreater - 80 kbpd   

VGO hydrotreater - 36 kbpd   

Resid hydrotreater   

C4 Isomerization   

Aromatics extraction   

Hydrogen production   

Oxygenates plant   

Base oil plant   

Asphalt plant   

Resid gasifier   

Location


refinery website

Refinery history

2015 - Construction began

2023 - Full operations expected mid year