Crude oil, the basic raw material for the Refineries, is received first by the Mina Al Fahal Refinery from the adjacent crude storage tank farm through a dedicated pipeline.
Mina Al Fahal Refinery
This Refinery is set up to operate with the following process units:
Crude Distillation Unit (CDU)
Naphtha Hydro Treating Unit (NHTU)
Platformer Unit
Kerosene Merox Unit
Diesel Hydro-Desulphurization Unit (DHDS)
Gas Tail Unit (GTU)
Amine Treating Unit (ATU)
Sulphur Recovery Unit (SRU)
Isomerization Unit
Sour Water Stripper Unit
Utilities
Details of Processes at MAF
The Sohar Refinery
Sohar Refinery has an atmospheric crude distillation unit with a capacity of 116,000 bpd and a Residue Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (RFCC) unit with a capacity of 75,260 bpd.
The Refinery carries out its operations with the following units:
Crude Distillation Unit (CDU)
CDU LPG Merox Unit
Kerosene Merox Process Unit
Residue Fluid Catalyst Cracking Unit
Propylene Recovery Unit
Indirect Alkylation Unit
Distillate Unionfining Unit
Hydrogen Generation Unit
Sour Water Stripping Unit
Amine Regeneration Unit
Sulfur Recovery Unit
Tail Gas Treating Unit
Sulphur Granulation Unit
TAME Selective Hydrogenation Unit
(TSHP) & TAME Unit
Gasoline Hydro-Desulphurization Process Unit
Details of Processes at Sohar Refinery