The refinery said in a statement on Tuesday that a second phase of its atmospheric distillation unit with a capacity of processing 210,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil was operating properly.
It said a first phase of the project which had come on line in 2005 has a capacity of processing of 150,000 bpd of crude.
The 110-year-old Abadan Refinery, once the world’s largest, has embarked on a series of renovation projects by making use of state-of-the-art technologies from domestic companies.
The refinery said in its statement that is also home to the Middle East’s largest hydrocracker unit with a capacity of more than 42,000 bpd.
It said Iranian engineers have finalized plans and installations for naphtha hydrogen refining unit (NHT) at the refinery with a capacity of 65,000 bpd.
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