SOUTH YEMEN

Modernization of Aden Refinery Completed

Italy's Technipetrol has finished the first major modernization program of the 170,000 b/d (8.3mn t/y) Aden refinery. This has involved the installation of a 10,000 b/d vacuum distillation unit to process the atmospheric residue (fuel oil) at a capacity of 15,000 b/d, construction of a 100,000 t/y asphalt plant, and the recovery and increase of LPG production to 60,000 t/y along with the construction of LPG storage tanks. Work on the...