Middle East Oil

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