Refineries and Oil Terminal
The Sarir refinery started operations in 1989 and has a refining capacity of 30,000 bbl/d (4,800 m3/d). The fuel supply from the refinery meets requirements for the Sarir Agricultural Project as well as for the general area. Agoco also has a 9,000 bbl/d (1,400 m3/d) portable petroleum refinery or topping plant at Sarir. The Tobruk refinery has been on stream since 1971 and entered the production phase during 1989. In 1990, the refinery operations were transferred to Agoco after being directly managed by the NOC. In 1996, Tobruk had two thermo-compression distillation units installed to produce 750 cm/d of drinking water from the Mediterranean Sea. The General contractor for the project was United Kingdom-based Weir Westgarth Ltd., a subsidiary of the Weir Group. Currently, Tobruk has an estimated capacity of 20,000 bbl/d (3,200 m3/d).
The Marsa El Hariga Terminal (Tobruk) is situated on the southern coast of the Tobruk trading port. Construction of the terminal started in 1964, and was completed in 1966. The Marsa El Hariega oil terminal was officially inaugurated by exporting the first shipment of crude oil from Sarir in 1967. The crude from Sarir is pumped through a 400 km pipeline, with an auxiliary pumping station between Sarir and the terminal. Marsa El Hariga has three berths with a loading capacity of 8,000 tons/hour for tankers of up to 120,000 metric tons deadweight (DWT). Other ancillary facilities at the terminal include oil products storage tanks with a capacity of 116,500 cubic metres.
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