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Honeywell UOP technology selected for new 300K bpd oil refinery in Iraq

The Iraq State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), under the Ministry of Oil for Iraq, has selected Honeywell’s UOP to provide key technologies to process 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of domestic crude oil into gasoline and diesel fuel at a new refinery in Nassiriya, Iraq.

Honeywell’s UOP previously received awards in 2010 from South Refineries Company and North Refineries Company for new refineries in Maissan and Kirkuk, Iraq, each rated at 150,000 bpd.

Refining capacity in Iraq is expected to reach 1.6 million bpd by 2017, more than two times the capacity of its existing refineries. This capacity is expected to double again by 2030, driven by increased transportation fuel demand within Iraq.

UOP will provide reforming, isomerization, fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) and selective hydrotreating technologies. As part of the overall technology package, UOP will provide basic engineering, technology licenses, catalysts and specialty equipment for the new refinery. Design will begin in the second quarter of 2011.

The specific UOP technologies to be provided to SCOP include the CCR Platforming and Penex

processes, which are used to produce high-octane gasoline, as well as the UOP FCC and Selectfining technologies, which enable high-yield production of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel and gasoline.

In 2010, Honeywell opened a full-service office in Baghdad and has plans to open other offices in southern and northern Iraq over the next few years. Honeywell’s Baghdad office focuses on supplying technology solutions, including process automation equipment, to Iraq’s oil and gas industry.

SCOP is part of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and responsible for the processing of all petroleum products in Iraq.

Comments

SJC

Iraq and Iran both need refining capacity. Iraq would be better off selling value added product than just raw oil.

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