The Jebel Ali refinery was constructed from 1996 to 1999. It is located in
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...
and operated by the Emirates National Oil Co. (
ENOC), which is owned by the
Government of Dubai
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. It is a 120 kbpd gas condensate refinery, and processes mainly
condensate or light crude oil. These inputs are processed to various products, including
LPG,
naphtha
Naphtha (, recorded as less common or nonstandard in all dictionaries: ) is a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture. Generally, it is a fraction of crude oil, but it can also be produced from natural-gas condensates, petroleum distillates, and ...
,
jet fuel
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,
diesel fuel
Diesel fuel, also called diesel oil, heavy oil (historically) or simply diesel, is any liquid fuel specifically designed for use in a diesel engine, a type of internal combustion engine in which fuel ignition takes place without a spark as a re ...
and
fuel oil
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. The plant consists of two 60 kbit/s condensate distillation units (often referred to as
condensate splitters) and five
merox sweetening units.
An upgrade - costing $850 million (US) - was implemented in 2010 for the production of
reformat and low-sulfur naphtha through installation of a reformer and a hydrotreater. In 2014, a contract for a new upgrade project was awarded to
KBR. The upgrade will lead to the production of Euro V grade products.
See also
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Oil refinery
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial processes, industrial process Factory, plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refining, refined into products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, Bitumen, asphalt base, ...
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Petroleum
Petroleum, also known as crude oil or simply oil, is a naturally occurring, yellowish-black liquid chemical mixture found in geological formations, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons. The term ''petroleum'' refers both to naturally occurring un ...
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List of oil refineries
This is a list of oil refinery, oil refineries. The ''Oil & Gas Journal'' publishes a worldwide list of refineries annually in a country-by-country tabulation that includes for each refinery: location, crude oil daily processing capacity, and the s ...
External links
Refinery history and details
Oil refineries in the United Arab Emirates
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