The Sudan Khartoum Refinery Company is a

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company in

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

. The company its name is abbreviated to KRC. The company was founded in 1997 and began operations in 2000. KRC is based in

Khartoum Khartoum or Khartum ( ; ar, الخرطوم, Al-Khurṭūm, din, Kaartuɔ̈m) is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing n ...

Ownership

The company is 50% owned by the Sudanese government's Ministry of Energy & Mining (MEM) and 50% owned by the

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(CNPC)..

Operations

The company operates an

oil refinery An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, lique ...

70 kilometers north of Khartoum. The capacity of the refinery is 100,000 barrels of oil per day. Khartoum refineries is also known as alGayley refineries alone was able to fulfill the entire needs of Sudan making it self-sufficient from petroleum by-products. Excess petroleum is exported from Bashair Port on the Red Sea through a pipeline of 1610 km length, making it the longest pipeline in Africa.

External links

Sudan Khartoum Refinery Company official site

Oil and gas companies of Sudan Oil refineries in Sudan Companies based in Khartoum Energy companies established in 1997 Non-renewable resource companies established in 1997 1997 establishments in Sudan {{petroleum-company-stub