Banagas
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The Bahrain National Gas Company or simply Banagas located in Riffa, is a large natural gas
company in Bahrain
which operates a gas liquefaction plant. Some 94% of its total workforce are Bahrain nationals.
The company was founded in 1979 by Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa with the objective to extract natural gas from the Bahrain Oil Field. The company was owned 75% by the Government of Bahrain and 25% by thr Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation and Caltex Bahrain. The entire US$ 100 million project included the construction of four gas compressor stations, a processing plant to recover propane
, butane
and naphtha
, and a storage area at Sitra
. In March 1980 the first ship to transport gas was the Japan
ese tanker Yuyo Maru which was loaded with 5,000 tonnes of butane. In 1988 the total capacity of the plant was upgraded from 170 (48.1×105m³) million cubic feet/day to 280 million cubic feet/day (79.3×105m³).
Banagas has the capacity to produce 3000 bbls of Propane, 3200 bbls of Butane and 4500 bbls of Naphtha per day.
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
company in Bahrain
Bahrain
' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
which operates a gas liquefaction plant. Some 94% of its total workforce are Bahrain nationals.
The company was founded in 1979 by Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa with the objective to extract natural gas from the Bahrain Oil Field. The company was owned 75% by the Government of Bahrain and 25% by thr Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation and Caltex Bahrain. The entire US$ 100 million project included the construction of four gas compressor stations, a processing plant to recover propane
Propane
Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...
, butane
Butane
Butane is a gas with the formula C4H10 that is an alkane with four carbon atoms. The term may refer to any of two structural isomers, or to a mixture of them: in the IUPAC nomenclature, however, butane refers only to the unbranched n-butane isomer; the other one being called "methylpropane" or...
and naphtha
Naphtha
Naphtha normally refers to a number of different flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons, i.e., a component of natural gas condensate or a distillation product from petroleum, coal tar or peat boiling in a certain range and containing certain hydrocarbons. It is a broad term covering among the...
, and a storage area at Sitra
Sitra
Sitra is an island in the Central Governorate of Bahrain, just east of Bahrain Island in Persian Gulf. It lies south of Manama and Nabih Saleh. The island's western coast forms the boundary of Tubli Bay....
. In March 1980 the first ship to transport gas was the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese tanker Yuyo Maru which was loaded with 5,000 tonnes of butane. In 1988 the total capacity of the plant was upgraded from 170 (48.1×105m³) million cubic feet/day to 280 million cubic feet/day (79.3×105m³).
Banagas has the capacity to produce 3000 bbls of Propane, 3200 bbls of Butane and 4500 bbls of Naphtha per day.