Lobito Refinery Project
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Sonangol
- Website: http://www.sonangol.co.ao/
- Wiki Page: Lobito Refinery
- Location: About 8 km north of Lobito, Benguela, Angola
- Capacity: 10.0 million tons/annum & 200,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Project Stage: Engineering
- Expected Completion: Commissioning is expected in 2028
- Budget:
The Project
- Project Type: Greenfield
- Project Summary: The refinery will be a medium to large sized plant, with high complexity.
- Main Contractors:
- KBR: FEED and PMC
- KBR: License and engineering services for grassroots FCC and Hydroprocessing technologies
- Engineers India Limited (EIL): FEED Revalidation, Licensor Selection and BDEP Review
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Vacuum Distillation
- FCC
- Hydrocracker
- Diesel Hydrotreating (DHT)
- Kerosene Hydrotreating (KHT)
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- The refinery will process acid Angolan crudes (high percentage of TAN) and heavy crudes such as Kuito Crude and Dalia Crude
Products Produced
- Unleaded gasoline, diesel, jet fuel (Jet1), illuminant oil, LPG and limited quantities of sulfur and petrocoke.
- The specifications of the products processed will match those of the export target markets which include Europe and the USA.
History
- 2007 - Sinopec drops out of project
- 2008 - KBR awarded FEED contract
- 2009 - KBR wins unit licence contracts
- 2013 - Sonangol chooses Standard Chartered Bank for financial consulting
- 2014 - Sonangol and China Development Bank signed financing agreement
- 2016 - Engineers India awarded FEED revalidation contract
- 2024 - KBR awarded project management contract
Other Information
- The project has been postponed and delayed a number of times.
Links
- Project Information from Sonangol
- Sonaref Project, Downstream Today
- Sicim Pipeline References
- KBR Awarded Lobito Refinery FEED Contract by Sonangol, E.P.
- KBR Awarded FCC and Hydroprocessing Technology Contract for Sonangol, E.P. Refinery
- Construction project Lobito Refinery: Hiring Financial Advisor
- Sonangol and China Development Bank signed important financing agreement
- Sonangol awards Services for Lobito Refinery Project to EIL
- KBR Awarded Project Management Contract for Sonangol’s New Lobito Refinery Project
