Bapco Energies eyes fourth quarter completion for refinery expansion

By Trixie Yap

SINGAPORE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Bahrain's state oil firm Bapco Energies hopes to commission its Sitra refinery expansion by the fourth quarter of this year, said its group chief strategy officer, Alexander van Veldhoven, at the Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference on Monday.

The expansion will increase Sitra's refining capacity to "just under 400,000 barrels per day" from about 265,000 bpd, he said.

"We are in the very last phase of that programme. Most units are all up and running, and we are kind of getting close to commissioning the last units in the refinery," he added.