Abadan Refinery

The Abadan refinery (Persian: پالایشگاه آبادان‎ Pālāyeshgāh-e Ābādān) is an oil refinery located in Abadan near the coast of the Persian Gulf.

Abadan Refinery
Abadan Refinery, 1970
CountryIran
CityAbadan
Refinery details
Commissioned1912 (1912)
Capacity429,000 bbl/d (68,200 m3/d)

History

Built by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (later BP) on the basis of a lease obtained in 1909,[1] it was completed in 1912 as a pipeline terminus, and was one of the world's largest oil refineries. In 1927, oil exports from Abadan totalled nearly 4.5 million tons.[1]

The Abadan Refinery in 1950

Its nationalisation in 1951 prompted the Abadan Crisis and ultimately the toppling of the democratically elected[2] prime minister Mossaddegh.[3]

The refinery was largely destroyed in September 1980 by Iraq during the initial stages of the Iraqi invasion of Iran's Khuzestan province, triggering the Iran–Iraq War. It had a capacity of 635,000 b/d in 1980 and formed a refinery complex with important petrochemical plants. Its capacity has been increased steadily since the war ended in 1988 and is now listed as 429,000 barrels per day (68,200 m3/d) of crude oil.[4]

In December 2017, Sinopec signed a $1 billion deal to expand the Abadan refinery.[5] Work on the second phase of the project was suspended in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Abadan". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1 (14 ed.). 1929. p. 7.
  2. Kamin, Mohammadi; Elliott, Mark (2004-01-01). Iran. Lonely Planet. ISBN 1740594258. OCLC 56651387.
  3. "All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  4. Archived 2014-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Sinopec Signs $1b Abadan Refinery Expansion Deal". Financial Tribune. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  6. "Abadan Refinery upgrading project halted temporarily due to coronavirus". Tehran Times. 13 March 2020.

Further reading
  • J. W. Williamson, In a Persian Oil Field: A Study in Scientific and Industrial Development (E. Benn, 1927; 2nd edition 1930)

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