A.
OIL REFINING:
Crude oil processed at the company three refineries this
year exceeded the feed to the three refineries in the last financial year by
ten million barrels .Crude oil throughput to the three refineries amounted
to325.7 million barrels in 2010/2011 compared to 314.7 million barrels in the
past year. The increase was mainly due to the improvement of safety st
andards
and the elaborate concentration on those standards in the operations beside the
successful maintenance programs which boosted the refineries reliability.
Total crude throughput during this year reached 862.2
thousand barrels per day showing 3.5%
increase over the average daily rate of
last year KNPC was selected as the Oil Refining Company for the year
2011 by HART publishing firm in the USA which usually gives its award to only
big companies.
Further details regarding the individual performance of each
of the three refineries are given here below:
MINA AL- AHMADI REFINERY:
Being the largest among the company refineries, Mina
Al=Ahmadi refinery performance throughout the year was quite impressive as its
annual output totaled around 157.7 million barrels . In other wards the dai
ly throughput
to Mina Al-Ahmadi Refinery during this fiscal year was running at an average
rate of 431.8 thousand barrels per day compared
to 401.9 thousand bpd last year with an increase of around7%.
Exports from MAA refinery amounted during this periodto12.07
million metric tons including 115,800 metric tons of Bunker, and around
828,288 metric tons of sulfur. MAA
exports were shipped from the refinery
south and north oil piers.
SHUAIB REFINERY:
Shuaiba Refinery continued its operations this year in an efficient
and professional manner as a part of the integrated and optimized refining
complex of KNPC. 72.4 million barrels of
crude oil was processed during the fiscal year of 2010/2011 at the average
daily throughput rate of 198.3 thousand barrels showing an increase over its
throughput average of last year which amounted to190.3 thousand barrels per
day .This performance was due to the
emphasis the refinery had laid on safety both personnel related and equipment
as well, while conducting its operations. This emphasis helped the refinery
avoid unscheduled shut down of its units or utilities.
In the meantime Shuaiba Refinery prepared during this period
to launch its GRT program in the beginning of April2011
Exports from Shuaiba Refinery totaled during this financial
year 7.6 million metric tons in addition to around 94204 metric tons of Bunker
oil. They were shipped from the Refinery oil pier .Compared to the refinery
exports last year which amounted to 6.5 million tons they reflect an increase
by 15%.
MINA ABDULLA REFINERY:
Mina Abdulla Refinery operated satisfactorily throughout the
year 2010 /2011,as crude oil throughput was maintained at nearly the maximum possible capacity reaching
around95.70 million barrels at the average daily rate of 262.2 thousand barrels,
less than the daily throughput of last year which was running at the rate of
270 thousand barrels.
Exports from MAB refinery products during this fiscal year totaled around8.6
million me
tric tons shipped from MAB Sea Island, including2578 metric tons of bunker .The refinery coke output
amounted to around1076 thousand metric tons 455 thousand of it was shipped ex
Shuaiba port while 456.7
metric tons was supplied to a local
PCIC company and 163 thousand metric tons to a cement company. I n addition to that KNPC
supplied a local authority with 735.2 tons of ATK and 2629 thousand tons to KPPC.
TOTAL REFINERY PRODUCTS:
Net output of petroleum products at the three refineries
during the financial year 2010/2011 reached approximately 44.1million metric
tons showing an increase of 4% over the same output in the last year which
amounted to 42.4 million metric tons. The following table shows breakdown of
the company petroleum products and their percentage in the fiscal years
2009/2010 and 2010/2011.
B.
Gas
Liquefaction LPG:
Feedstock
to the LPG plant at Mina Al-Ahmadi Refinery reached in the fiscal year
2010/20111205.9 million cubic feet per day against 1099.9 million cubic feet
per day in the previous fiscal year. With an increase of 9%.This amount represents
available gas supplies from KOC fields as well as from KNPC refineries.
Propane
exports from the LPG plant amounted to 2083.7 metric tons while Butane exports reached around1694.4 metric
tons Compared to their level in the
previous fiscal year exports from the LPG plant reveal 29% increase as they were around 2929 thousand
metric tons.
