REFINERY NEWS: Bahrain’s Sitra refinery upgrade 80-85% complete: minister

Refinery: Sitra, Bahrain Owner: Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco ) Capacity: 267,000 b/d, upgrade: 400,000 b/d Notes: Bahrain’s Sitra refinery modernization program is “80-85% complete” and could be operational by “next year”, the country’s oil minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Khalifa said May 16. “We built a new line and retired some of our older units because we still have…