ADNOC completes commissioning of specialized coker unit
Abu Dhabi, UAE – ADNOC Refining, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), announced it has successfully completed the commissioning of a specialized coker unit, as part of its Carbon Black and Coker Project. With this, ADNOC will extract the maximum value from ‘bottom-of-the-barrel’ heavy oils and slurry, as it delivers on its aggressive Downstream strategy.
ADNOC’s Carbon Black & Coker Project incorporates a coker, known in the oil and gas industry as a ‘delayed coker’, that will allow ADNOC Refining to recover highly specialized and valuable grades of carbon black and calcined coke. Not only will it create higher value from what would otherwise be used for
Increasing the flexibility of ADNOC’s refining assets to stretch the value of every barrel of oil – and produce additional feedstocks and additives for the petrochemical industry – is a key pillar of ADNOC’s Downstream expansion strategy, announced at its Downstream Investment Forum earlier this year. The strategy will see ADNOC become a world-class producer, supplier
ADNOC’s multi-billion-dirham Downstream investment program will see the company’s refining capacity increase by more than 65%, or 600,000
Abdulaziz AlHajri, Director of ADNOC’s Downstream Directorate, said: “At the heart of our Downstream strategy is an AED 165 billion (US $45 billion) investment, over the next five years, that will create the world’s largest integrated refining and petrochemicals hub in Ruwais, where ADNOC will convert 20% of its crude to chemicals, tripling petrochemical production capacity to 14.4 million tons per year, by 2025. In parallel, ADNOC intends to build an international, integrated Downstream presence, including securing additional crude refining capacity in growth markets.”
Jasem Ali Al Sayegh, CEO of ADNOC Refining, said: “We are delighted to introduce technology that extracts more value from our downstream operations. The successful commissioning of the coker project, along with the production of the first Green coke created in the UAE, will improve ADNOC Refining’s margins by maximizing value from every barrel of crude oil that we refine. By working with local petrochemicals and aluminum industries, and engaging new local and international customers for these
Through the Carbon Black & Coker Project, ADNOC Refining can produce 40,600 tons of two different grades of Carbon black per year, and 430,000 tons of
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