Bapco is a regional oil and gas leader and an important contributor to modern Bahrain, accounting for a significant portion of the region’s energy-related activities.
The company owns a 260,000 barrel-a-day refinery, storage facilities for 14 million barrels, a marketing terminal and a marine terminal for its petroleum products. About one-sixth of this crude originates from Bahrain Field, with the remainder being pumped from Saudi Arabia through pipelines, with 95% of Bapco’s refined products being exports. The company produces high-quality Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Naphtha, Gasoline, Kerosene, Aviation Turbine Fuel, Ultra Low Sulp hur Diesel, Heavy Lube Distillate, Fuel Oil and Asphalt, which form the core of its business.
Utilising advanced techniques, Bapco also carries out extensive studies to obtain accurate data on existing oil and gas reserves.
Bapco is a unique company, which has never stood still. The first to discover oil in the Arabian Peninsula in 1932, it started exporting in 1934 and refining in 1936. Since then, the company has helped shape the modern Kingdom of Bahrain, not simply through the generation of wealth, but through the development of Bahrain’s manpower. More than 80 years after the company’s establishment, new ambitions in exploration, and new initiatives in oil and gas field development and new global markets continue to open up with rapid advancement taking place in the company. Wholly owned by the Government of Bahrain, Bapco is engaged in the oil industry including refining, distribution of petroleum products and natural gas, sales and exports of crude oil and refined products. The company owns a 264,000 barrel-a-day refinery, storage facilities for more than 14 million barrels, a marketing terminal and a marine terminal for its petroleum products. 95% of the company’s refined products are exports.
Bapco is primarily engaged with exploration, refining, storage, production, marketing, training and development, and environmental initiatives in the kingdom. Bapco is on the verge of a major refining expansion project which aims to produce high value products with the long term future in mind, as well as care for the environment and spur better efficiency. Our prime customers for crude oil and refined products based in the Middle East, India, the Far East, South East Asia and Africa. On behalf of The Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) and its employees, I take great pleasure in welcoming you to Bapco’s official website. The vision behind this endeavor was to build an enriching and everlasting bridge between our organization, the community and interested readers.
Since the initial formation of Bapco in 1929, Bapco has made a rich history in the development of the oil industry in the region as well as spearheading the transformation of Bahrain from a pearl and agrarian economy to a modern industrialized society. Bapco has simultaneously played a key role in training & development of a new generation of leaders and professionals in addition to value addition to the Kingdom’s economic development. It is our wish to reflect these standards in the interaction, function and the content that our website offers to our partners.
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