Laffan Refinery, Qatar’s first condensate refinery started production in September 2009. The refinery has a processing capacity of 146,000 barrels per stream day (bpsd) and utilizes the field condensate produced from the Qatargas and RasGas facilities. It is designed to be one of the largest condensate refineries in the world.
The Laffan Refinery helps to capture synergies and opportunities from the development of the North Field, Qatargas, RasGas and other Ras Laffan City ventures.
It consists of process units including utility systems, distillation units, naphtha and kerosene hydrotreaters, a hydrogen unit and a saturated gas plant producing naphtha, kerojet, gasoil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
The refinery’s production capacity will be 61,000 bpsd of naphtha, 52,000 bpsd of kerojet, 24,000 bpsd of gasoil, and 9,000 bpsd of LPG.
Facts and figures about Laffan Refinery:
Shareholders
- Qatar Petroleum 51%
- ExxonMobil 10%
- Total 10%
- Idemitsu 10%
- Cosmo 10%
- Mitsui 4.5%
- Marubeni 4.5%
Refining capacity
- 146,000 bspd of condensate feed stock
Source of feedstock
Products (bpsd)
- Hydrotreated Naphtha
- Hydrotreated kerojet
- Gasoil
- LPG
First cargo loaded
Key events
- Heads of Agreement Term Sheet– November 2002
- FEED contracts awarded – April 2003
- Refinery EPC awarded to GS/Daewoo – May 2005
- Joint venture agreements – April 2006
- Foundation stone laid – April 2006
- Start of production - September 2009
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