Abadan Refinery

The Abadan refinery (Persian: پالایشگاه آبادان Pālāyeshgāh-e Ābādān) is an oil refinery in Abadan, Iran 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 increased steadily after the war ended in 1988, and was listed in 2013 as 429,000 barrels per day (68,200 m3/d) of crude oil.[4]

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

See also

References
  1. "Abadan". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Vol. 1 (14 ed.). 1929. p. 7.
  2. Kamin, Mohammadi; Elliott, Mark (2004-01-01). Iran. Lonely Planet. ISBN 1740594258. OCLC 56651387.
  3. Robarge, David S. (14 April 2007). "Book review: All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror, by Stephen Kinzer" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007.
  4. "Home page". Abadan Oil Refining company. 2013. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014.
  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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