Zawia Oil Refining Company

The Zawia Oil Refining Company (ARC) is a subsidiary of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), incorporated under Libyan Commercial Law since 1976. ARC operates the Zawia Refinery, which was built in 1974 by Snamprogetti, Italy. Zawia is currently the country's second largest oil refinery after the Ra's Lanuf Refinery. Primary products include naphtha, gasoline, kerosene, light vacuum gas oil (VGO), fuel oil, base lubricating oils, and asphalt.

Zawia Oil Refining Company
شركة الزاوية لتكرير النفط
Company typeState-owned
IndustryPetroleum industry
Founded1976
HeadquartersLibya
ProductsKerosene
Naphtha
Crude oil
Gasoline
Fuel oil
Websitewww.arc.com.ly

Overview

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In 1974, ARC began production with a nameplate capacity of 60,000 barrels (9,500 m3) per stream day and in 1977, capacity doubled to 120,000 barrels (19,000 m3) per stream day.

Two naphtha hydrotreaters remove and decrease sulfur compounds, nitrogen compounds and other heavy metallic compounds and prepare feedstock for catalytic reformers. Each unit is also accompanied with a splitter to separate light and heavy naphtha. The two platforming units utilizes heavy naphtha as feedstock produces reformate, which is used as blending stock for gasoline production. The Platforming unit also produces LPG as a bye-product. Two kerosene hydrotreaters are utilized to produce desulfurised kerosene or Jet A-1. Capacity of each unit is 9,650 barrels (1,530 m3) per stream day. NOC is expected to re-tender an engineering, procurement and construction contract for upgrading the Zawia refinery.[1]

Plant type No. units Capacity (bbl/d) Capacity (m3/d) Comment
Atmospheric Distillation 2 120,000 19,000
Catalytic hydrotreater 1 16,500 2,620
Vacuum unit 1 2,500 400
Platforming unit 2 7,850 1,248 Capacity per unit
Naptha hydroeater 2 11,300 1,800 Capacity per unit

Zawia Oil Terminal

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The Zawia oil terminal is operated by ARC. The terminal is located in northwestern Libya at 32°48′13″N 12°41′20″E / 32.803714°N 12.688911°E / 32.803714; 12.688911 (Zawia Oil Terminal) constituting the harbour facility of the refinery. It has a single point mooring buoy, 27 m deep to accommodate vessels up to 100,000 tons capacity, 30 m deep to accommodate vessels up to 140,000 tons, and 23 m deep to accommodate 5,000 to 20,000 tons products for loading and unloading. The terminal comprises three offshore berths, located northeast of the refinery. On average, more than 200 oil tankers call at the terminal annually. In 2000, 195 tankers called at the terminal, 213 in 2001 and 215 in 2002 respectively.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ EIA (2007)
  2. ^ REMPEC 2005 p.29

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