BEIJING, July 10 (Reuters) – Khartoum refinery, the only oil plant in Sudan, has completed expansion to 100,000 barrels per day (bpd), set to boost fuel supply to the African state and allow for more exports, said CNPC, a joint-owner of the facility.
China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), a leading energy investor in Sudan and parent of Asia’s top oil and gas firm PetroChina , owns 50 percent of the refinery which it builds and operates. The Sudanese government holds the rest.
A 400,000 tonne-per-year (tpy) reforming unit, which yields mainly gasoline, produced its first quality product on June 30, marking the successful completion of the $341 million expansion project, CNPC said on Monday on its Web site http://www.cnpc.com.cn.
The upgrading, which doubled the plant’s capacity, also included a 1 million-tpy delayed coking facility, a unit that processes heavy residue oil into light transportation fuels.
The unit had a smooth start-up in May, the report said. The expanded plant would boost Sudan’s diesel supply significantly and allows for half of the gasoline output for exports, it said.
