Assiut National Oil Processing will operate the upcoming Assiut II refinery, proposed to be built at Asyut in Egypt. The non integrated refinery will be owned by Egyptian General Petroleum and is expected to start operations in 2023.


Key processes of the refinery

Crude Distillation Unit (mbd): 56
Vacuum Distillation (mbd): 27
Coking (mbd): 17
Catalytic Cracker (mbd): 14
Hydrocracker (mbd): 13
Reformer (mbd): 11
Hydrotreater (mbd): 43
Alkylation (mbd): 2
Isomerization (mbd): 3


During the period 2021-2025, the Assiut II refinery is expected to witness an estimated capex of $2,520m.

Contractors involved in the refinery

Some of the key contractors for the upcoming projects at the Assiut II refinery include the following.

Design/FEED: TechnipFMC.

Main EPC: TechnipFMC.

EPC: Egyptian General Petroleum.

Methodology

Information on the refinery is sourced from GlobalData’s refinery database that provides detailed information on all active and upcoming, crude oil refineries and heavy oil upgraders globally. Not all companies mentioned in the article may be currently existing due to their merger or acquisition or business closure.