Middle East's Refiners Plan Substantial Additions Up to 2027

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Refiners across the Middle East plan to add 287,000 barrels per day (BBL/d) of fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) capacity up to 2027. The region has added no FCCU capacity over the last five years, but had added four FCCUs in the earlier five-year span, totaling 389,000 BBL/d.

Click on the image at right for a map detailing the planned FCCU additions across the Middle East, up to 2027.

Most of the FCCU additions are being planned by the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), which is targeting 177,000 BBL/d of additions at its five refining facilities across Iran by 2027.

Other additions include 60,000 BBL/d from Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation at its facility in Sokhna, Egypt. The Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) is planning 50,000 BBL/d of additions at one of its facilities, while Iraq's South Refineries Company (SRC) is planning a 34,500-BBL/d addition.

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