10 biggest refineries list in the world.
- Jamnagar Refinery, India
- Paraguana Refinery, Venezuela
- SK Energy Ulsan Refinery, South Korea
- Ruwais Refinery, UAE
- Yeosu Refinery, South Korea
- Olsan Refinery, South Korea
- Port Arthur Refinery, USA
- Jurong Island Refinery, Singapore
- Baytown Refinery, USARastanura
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1. Jamnagar, India
Jamnagar refinery is owned by Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). It is the largest refinery in terms of production capacity. Its production capacity is 1,240,000 barrels per day. It’s contributes one third of India’s total oil consumption.
2. Paraguana Refinery, Venezuela
Paraguana Refinery owned by Petrôleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA). It is second biggest refinery in terms of production capacity. Its production capacity is 940,000 barrels per day.
3. SK Energy Ulsan Refinery, South Korea
SK Energy Ulsan Refinery is owned by SK Energy. It is the biggest refinery in South Korea and world’s third largest refinery in terms of production capacity. Its production capacity is 850,000 barrels per day.
4. Ruwais Refinery, UAE
Ruwais refinery comes at no.4 in terms of production capacity. This refinery is owned by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). It is the largest crude oil refinery in the middle east. It is integrated with other ADNOC crude oil processing plants. Its production capacity is 837,000 barrels per day.
5. Yeosu Refinery, South Korea
Yeosu refinery is the second biggest refinery in the South Korea. It is owned by Chevron and GS Holdings(50% Chevron/ 50% GS Holdings). This refinery have best vacuum distillation unit in the world. It can process 730,000 barrels per day.
6. Olsan Refinery, South Korea
Olsan refinery is third biggest refinery of South Korea. It is the sixth largest refinery in the world. It is owned by Saudi Aramco and Hanjin Group. This refinery equiped with condensate splitter and petrochemical plants. Its production capacity is 669,000 barrels per day.
7. Port Arthur Refinery, USA
Port Arthur refinery is also known as Motiva refinery. Now, it is owned by oil giant Saudi Aramco. It is located in Port Arthur, Texas. This is very old refinery and operating since 1903 century. Saudi Aramco did lots of recent developments to boost its production capacity. Now it can process 636,500 barrels per day.
8. Jurong Island Refinery, Singapore
Jurong Island refinery is located in Singapore. It is owned by Exxon Mobil. It is world’s 8th largest crude oil refinery in terms of oil processing capacity. This refinery process 605,000 barrels per day.
9. Baytown Refinery, USA
Baytown refinery also owned by Exxon Mobil. This is ver old refinery and operating since 1920. Its production capacity is 572,500 barrels per day.
10. Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia
Ras Tanura is the largest refinery in Saudi Arabia. It is come at no. 10 in the world. Ras Tanura refinery is owned and operated by oil giant Saudi Aramco. This refinery is integrated with Abqaiq plant. Its production capacity is 550,000 barrels per day.