Sirte Oil Company
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| Company type | State-owned |
|---|---|
| Industry | Petroleum |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | Brega, Libya |
Key people | ABDALLAH ELSHWAYGY (Chairman) |
| Products | Upstream Downstream |
Number of employees | 8779 (2022) |
| Website | Official website |
Sirte Oil Company (SOC) (
Background
The company was initially known as
In 1986, SOC took over the assets of Grace Petroleum, one of the five US companies forced by the U.S. government to leave Libya. In 1991, SOC merged with the
).In 2000, SOC reportedly made a 13-billion-cubic-meter-per-year natural gas discovery in the Sirte Basin (Africa Energy Intelligence, 2000a, b).[6]
In 2005 SOC signed a $643 million contract with
SOC operates the
In 2018 SOC announced the exploration and production of oil and gas in the Sahl field, after they had to stop for four years because of local security problems.[8]
In 2019 SOC announced would conduct corrosion control chemical field trials in 2020 for its gas production facilities.[9]
Production Overview
- Crude Oil Storage: The Tank Farm includes sixteen tanks. The design capacity of each individual tank is 268,000 bbl (42,600 m3).
- Refinery: Capacity for processing 10,000 bbl/d (1,600 m3/d). The products are primarily used to satisfy domestic demand. The production slate includes: (1) gasoline; (2) diesel oil (ADO): naphtha: and heavy fuel oil(HFO).
SOC Petrochemical Complex
SOC's petrochemical complex is located near Brega. It consists of six plants: The combined production capacity for the three products is 6,950 mtpd.
- Methanol plants (2): each having a capacity of 1,000 mtpd (1978 and 1985)[11]
- Ammonia plants (2): one having a capacity of 1,000 mtpd and other with a capacity of 1,200 mtpd (1978 and 1983)
- Urea plants (2): one having a capacity of 1,000 mtpd and another with a capacity of 1,750 mtpd (1981 and 1984).
- Methanol Production: Uses natural gas from SOC’s gas fields for raw material.
- Ammonia Production: SOC’s ammonia-producing plant first converts natural gas (i.e. methane) into gaseous hydrogen. Starting with a natural gas feedstock, the first step in the process entails removal of sulfurcompounds from the feedstock, because sulfur deactivates the catalysts used in subsequent steps. Ammonia is produced in liquid form at a temperature of -33 °C.
- Urea Production: Urea is manufactured from ammonia, which comes from SOC’s two ammonia plants.
SOC Brega Port, Marine and Utility Facilities
Brega port exports SOC's oil, crude oil gas and petrochemical products. The port comprises a single and double berthing docks with various depths, cargo docks, jetting and mooring for SOC products.[12]
Fields
SOC has the following fields:
- Oil and Associated Gas Fields
- Nasser (Zelten)
- Raguba
- Lehib (Dor Marada)
- Jebel
- Wadi
- Ralah
- Arshad
- Ain Jerbi
- Al Wafa
- Non-Associated Gas Fields
- Hateiba
- Sahl
- Assamoud
- Meghil
- Sorrah
- Attahaddy
Notes
- ^ a b "Marsa El Brega, Libya". Mechademy. 16 November 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ Libya Energy Data, Statistics and Analysis: Oil, Gas, Electricity, Coal. Energy Information Administration (EIA) July 24, 2007
- ^ a b "Sirte Oil Company and whether it is government-owned". Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ISBN 0812203216. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ "The Mineral Industry of Poland" (PDF). University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1983. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ Libya—Promising find on NC-186: Africa Energy Intelligence, No. 288, December 6, 2000 p. 3
- ^ a b "2005 Minerals Yearbook: Libya" (PDF). USGS. 2005.
- ^ "Sirte Oil Company resumes gas field development drilling". Libya Herald. October 14, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Sirte Oil Company invites proposals for corrosion control chemical field trials". Libya Herald. October 9, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ metric tons per day
- ^ Date of establishment
- ^ "Port Marsa El Brega". World Port Source. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
