VOL. XLIV

No 30

23-July-2001

BAHRAIN

New Gas Concentration UnitOpened At Bahrains Sitra Refinery

A $21.5mn gas concentration unit (GCU) at BahrainPetroleum Companys Sitra refinery was opened on 8 June, as part of a $696mnrefinery modernization program that was approved by the Supreme PetroleumCouncil in 1998 (MEES, 27 July 1998).The latest stage of the modernization project has involved replacing eight gasengine-driven reciprocating compressors in the GCU with a single steamturbine-driven...