(Arabian Oil and Gas) -- UOP, a Honeywell company, announced that its technology has been selected for a new transportation fuel refinery to be built in Iraq.
The State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), under the Ministry of Oil for Iraq, has selected Honeywell's UOP to provide key technologies to process 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of domestic crude oil into gasoline and diesel fuel at the new facility in Nassiriya, Iraq.
Honeywell's UOP previously received awards in 2010 from South Refineries Company and North Refineries Company for new refineries in Maissan and Kirkuk, Iraq, each rated at 150,000 bpd.
⌠We are pleased to be working with the SCOP again as Iraq focuses on doubling its oil refining capacity, said Rajeev Gautam, president and CEO of UOP. ⌠The high yields delivered by our technologies combined with our methodology for process unit integration and optimization will enable SCOP to produce the maximum yields of high-quality gasoline and diesel product while also maximizing the economic value of the project.