HC Deb 13 November 1990 vol 180 cc115-6W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information his Department has on the number of oil refineries in the middle east; and how much oil they contain.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Refineries in each of the middle eastern countries are listed in the table below, with their total refining capacity in barrels per calendar day. No information is available on storage capacity or on levels of stocks at refineries.

Country Refinery Capacity
Abu Dhabi, UAE Ruwais 163,000
2 refineries Ajman 174,000
Total 337,000
Bahrain Bahrain 350,000
1 refinery
Iran Abadan 155,000
6 refineries Tabriz 120,000
Shiraz 56,000
Tehran 325,000
Isfahan 335,000
Bakhtran 18,000
Total 1,009,000
Iraq Basrah 87,650
8 refineries Daurah 70,000
Al Haditha 7,000
Kirkuk 30,000
Mufthiah 4,500
Baiull 215,000
Qaiyera 2,000
Khanaquin 12,000
Total 418,000
Kuwait Shuaiba 314,000
3 refineries Mina-Al-Ahmad 372,000
Mina Abdulla 317,000
Total 1,003,000
Oman Mina-Al-Fahal 80,000
1 refinery
Qatar UMM Said 62,000
1 refinery
Saudi Arabia Ras Tanura 643,000
7 refineries Jeddah (1) 107,600
Riyadh 120,000
Yanbu (1) 170,000
Yanbu (2) 406,500
Al Jubail 362,000
Jeddah (2) 21,700

Country Refinery Capacity
Total 1,829,800
Neutral Zone (Kuwait, Saudi) Ras-Al-Khafji 30,000
1 refinery
Egypt Mex-Alexandria 126,615
6 refineries Amaria-Alexandria 78,440
Suez (1) 91,520
Suez (2) 83,790
Musturud 134,140
Tanta 22,020
Total 536,525
Israel Haifa 200,000
2 refineries Ashdod 115,000
Total 315,000
Jordan Zerka 113,500
1 refinery
Lebanon Tripoli 30,000
2 refineries Sidon 17,000
Total 47,000
Syria Banias 120,600
2 refineries Horns 102,440
Total 223,040
Yemen (South) Total 178,000
1 refinery

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