• What are the process units in the ERC refinery?
  • The various process units in the refinery include a vacuum distillation unit, a delayed coker unit, a naphtha hydrotreating unit, a diesel hydrotreating unit, a hydrocracker unit, and a sulphur recovery unit. The atmospheric residue supplied by the adjacent Cairo Oil Refining Company is the feedstock for the ERC refinery.
  • What is ERC Mostorod refinery?
  • The ERC Mostorod refinery with a processing capacity of the refinery of 4.7 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) reached full-scale commercial operation in August 2019. The refinery converts low value petroleum products produced at the Cairo Oil Refining Company¡¯s (CORC) nearby refinery facility into medium and light distillates.
  • How many refineries in Egypt are owned by EGPC?
  • PSMP downstream Of Egypt¡¯s nine major refineries, eight refineries with a combined total crude processing capacity of 38 million tpy are held¡ªdirectly or indirectly¡ªby state-owned Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. (EGPC) through a series of operating subsidiaries (see accompanying table).
  • Who owns Arabian Refinery Company (ERC)?
  • Qatar Petroleum owns a 38.1% stake in Arabian Refinery Company which holds a 66.6% interest in ERC. The financial closure on the ¡ê3.5bn ($4.3bn) refinery project was reached in June 2012 while the construction works were started in February 2014.
  • Where is EGPC oil refinery located?
  • The refinery is located northeast of Cairo in Mostorod, in the Qalyubia Governorate of Egypt. It is situated 330,000m 2 site adjacent to the pre-existing EGPC-owned Cairo oil refinery. ERC has an offtake agreement with EGPC to supply petroleum products at international prices for a period 25 years.
  • Who invests in Qatar Petroleum Refinery?
  • The equity investors in the refinery include Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), Qatar Petroleum, Qalaa Holdings, InfraMed Fund, the International Finance Corporation (IFC),Dutch development bank FMO, and German development finance institution DEG.