Abdulghafoor M. Abduljabbar
North Refineries Company’s Director General
Iraqi Ministry of Oil
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Actual situation of North Refineries
Company(NRC) and our plan to
meet world class refining standards
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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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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 402000 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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North Refineries Company consist of the
following refineries and facilities;
1- 310,000 BPSD Baiji Refining Capacity.
A- Salahuddin (1) Refinery with 70000 BPSD Refining Capacity.
B-North Refinery with 150000 BPSD Refining Capacity With 20000
BPSD small Two Units.
C- Salahuddin (2) Refinery with 70000 BPSD Refining Capacity.
2- New Isomerization Unit / 20,000 BPSD, in operation since July, 2011.
3- Lube Plant (two trains): 125000 Ton of different lube stocks per train.
4- Packaging and Loading Arms facilities.
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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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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
SNAM
03
Light Gas Oil
12,000 BPSD
SNAM
04
Reformer
8,000 BPSD
SNAM
05
LPG
540 Ton/Day
SNAM
06
Sulpher
51 Ton/Day
SNAM
 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.
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 Because of the long operation life, sanctions, and wars most of
the
units need rehabilitation.
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2- North Refinery Process Units
Unit
No.
Abbrev.
01
ADU
02
Design Capacity
Licensor
Atmospheric Distillation
150,000 BPSD
SNAM
VFU
Vacuum Flashing
65,000 BPSD
SNAM
03
NHT
Naphtha Hydrotreating
41,000 BPSD
UOP
04
KHT
Kerosene Hydrotreating
28,000 BPSD
UOP
05
GHT
L.G.O. Hydrotreating
31,000 BPSD
UOP
06
CRU
Catalytic Reforming
22,000 BPSD
UOP
07
VHC
Vacuum Gas Oil Hydrocracking
38,000 BPSD
UOP
08
HPU
Hydrogen Production
71,860 Nm3/h
KTI
09
GSU
Gas Sweetening
32,600 Nm3/h
SNAM
10
LPGR
LPG Recovery
650 Ton/Day
SNAM
11
SRU
Sulfur Recovery
281 Ton/Day
SNAM
12
SWS
Sour Water Stripping
114 M3/h
SNAM
14
CCR
Reformer Catalyst Regeneration
454 Kg/h
UOP
56
LPGD
C 3 2.9 Ton/h
C 4 26.4 Ton/h
CCEC
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Service
LPG Dehydration
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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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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
SNAM
03
Light Gas Oil
12,000 BPSD
SNAM
04
Reformer
16,500 BPSD
SNAM
05
Isomerization
20,000 BPSD
SNAM
 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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4- Exterior Refineries Process Units and Summery
No.
Refinery
Unit Name
Design
Capacity
Licensor
01
Kirkuk
Atmospheric Distillation unit 1
1973 Year of Atmospheric Distillation unit 2
Operation Atmospheric Distillation unit 2
10,000 BPSD
10,000 BPSD
10,000 BPSD
Howbacker
Howbacker
Howbacker
02
Siynia
Atmospheric Distillation unit 1
1978 Year of Atmospheric Distillation unit 2
Operation Atmospheric Distillation unit 2
10,000 BPSD
10,000 BPSD
10,000 BPSD
Howbacker
Howbacker
Howbacker
03
Kisik
Atmospheric Distillation unit
1982 Year of
Operation
20,000 BPSD
Howbacker
04
Qaiyarah
1955-1983
Year of
Operation
2,000 BPSD
4,000 BPSD
4,000 BPSD
4,000 BPSD
10,000 BPSD
10,000 BPSD
Lummus
Ingeco
Ingeco
Ingeco
Howbacker
Howbacker
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A- Asphalt unit 1
Asphalt unit 2
Asphalt unit 3
Asphalt unit 4
B- Atmospheric Distillation unit 1
Atmospheric Distillation unit 2
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Exterior Refineries Process Units and Summery
No.
Refinery
05
Hadithah
1951 Year of
Operation
06
Aljazirah
1984 Year
of
Operation
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Unit Name
Design
Capacity
Licensor
Atmospheric Distillation unit 1
Atmospheric Distillation unit 2
6,000 BPSD
10,000 BPSD
FosterWeeler
Howbacker
Atmospheric Distillation unit
2,000 BPSD
Ingeco
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Iraqi Refineries Location
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North Refineries Company’s Organization Structure
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NRCRefinery
has a number
of projects
which willFCC
contribute
to the
 North
in respect
of implementing
(Fluid Catalytic
Cracking)
unit 55,000
BPSD
of capacity
for conversion
oil to light
development
of the
North
Refineries
Companyfuel
as follow: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.
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 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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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
1.
2. Maissan Refinery in Maissan City ( South of Iraq)150,000
BPSD Refining Capacity.
3. Karbala Refinery in Karbala City ( South of Iraq) 200,000
BPSD Refining Capacity. Has been awarded to Italian
company for investment.
4. Nasiriya Refinery in Nasiriya City ( South of Iraq) 300,000
BPSD Refining Capacity.
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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-
SGSI
Light Gas Oil Hydrodesulphurisation Technology
3-
SGSI
VGO Hydro-Cracking
4-
HALDOR TOPSOE
Hydrogen Production Unit
5-
POERNER
Blown Asphalt
6-
UOP
Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit FCC
7-
UOP
Naptha Hydrodesulphurisation
8-
UOP
NC4 Isomerisation Unit
9-
UOP
Continuous Catalytic Reformer CCR
10-
UOP
C5/C6 Isomerisation Unit
11-
MERICHEM
Saturated Gas Plant LPG Treatment
12-
MERICHEM
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-
Shaw Energy and Chemicals
Vacuum Distillation
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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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