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Aramco 'clean' diesel plant ready for production

  • Saudi Arabia: Sunday, February 07 - 2010 at 11:02

Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery (Sasref) has announced that its refinery will reach full production of ultra-low sulphur diesel by the end of this month after starting trial production, Reuters has reported. The new unit at the 305,000 barrels per day Sasref crude refinery has the potential to produce about 100,000 bpd of ultra-low sulphur diesel, making it among the first producers of diesel in the kingdom with sulphur less than 10 ppm.

The announcement followed claims by industry sources that the joint-venture refinery in Jubail postponed the start-up of the hydrotreating unit for the third time to March or April due to teething problems. "We do not have problems operating the unit, there was a delay in the construction ... To have the units performing 100%, you have to go through a lot of tests," a Sasref source who declined to be identified said.
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