The project is part of Saudi Aramco’s major program to build new refineries and upgrade some existing plants to significantly increase the Kingdom’s refining capacity. The specific aim of the Ras Tanura Refinery Expansion will be to supply middle distillates such as diesel and kerosene to help meet the country’s rapidly growing domestic fuel consumption needs.
The project includes several grassroots units: 400‑MBOD crude distillation unit, 210‑MBOD vacuum distillation unit, 120‑MBOD visbreaker crude unit, 100‑MBOD continuous catalyst regenerator, 90‑MBOD diesel hydrotreater, 200‑TPD sulfur recovery unit, 820‑GPM amine regeneration unit, 225‑GPM sour water stripper, along with related utilities, controls, interconnections with existing facilities, flares, and tankage.
WorleyParsons has participated in major hydrocarbons projects in Saudi Arabia since 1956. The Ras Tanura Refinery Expansion Project capitalizes on WorleyParsons’ long history of achievement and taps the Company’s worldwide resources to deliver a project that represents all that is best in global execution. WorleyParsons is providing out‑of‑Kingdom services at offices in California and China and in‑Kingdom services at offices in Al Khobar and at the Ras Tanura site. MBOD = thousand barrels of oil per day TPD = tons per day GPM = gallons per minute
