BAPCO Sitra Refinery
A 267,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Sitra, BH, operated by BAPCO. Nelson Complexity 11.
Record
- Rated capacity
- 267,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
- Nelson Complexity Index
- 11
- Status
- Damaged
- Operator
- BAPCO
- Parent
- Bahrain Petroleum Company
- Supplier graph
- bomforge.com/companies/bapco-sitra
- Coordinates
- 26.1500, 50.6200
Notes
April 5, 2026 news reports a storage tank explosion at BAPCO Sitra Refinery with massive fireball. Combined with March 9, 2026 force majeure declaration following Iranian strikes, the facility is clearly not operational. The explosion indicates significant damage requiring shutdown and repairs.
What coverage reports
Video: Bahrain’s Bapco halts oil operations following Iranian attack
2026-04-23 · 1 publisher filed it
conflict 3 · incident 1 · operations 1
These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.
Wire
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Conflict CriticalBahrain's Bapco Energies declares 'force majeure' after Iran attackMSN · matched sitra
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Conflict CriticalVideo: Bahrain’s Bapco halts oil operations following Iranian attackMSN · matched sitra
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Incident CriticalVideo captures moment Bahrain's Bapco refinery's storage tank explodes into flames, massive fireball seen | WatchMSN · matched sitra
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General LowHydrogen production unit hit at Bahrain’s Sitra refineryMEED · matched sitra
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Conflict CriticalBapco issues force majeure after attack on Sitra refinerygasworld + 2 other outlets · matched sitra
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Conflict CriticalBahrain's Bapco Declares Force Majeure After Iranian Refinery StrikeThe Chronicle-Journal + 2 other outlets · matched sitra
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General LowBahrain could turn to Venezuelan heavy crude for Sitra feedstock: BapcoQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched sitra
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Operations LowTotalEnergies and Bapco Energies establish BxT trading joint venture linked to rising throughput at Bahrain’s Sitra refineryEnergies Media · matched sitra
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Expansion MediumBahrain to Invest $2 Billion on Capacity Expansion of Sitra Refin...Industrial Info Resources · matched sitra
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Expansion MediumBAPCO expects to commission 400,000-bpd Sitra refinery in Q4Hydrocarbon Processing · matched sitra
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Expansion LowBahrain's Sitra refinery upgrade to complete by end-2025: execQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched sitra
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Expansion LowBahrain’s Sitra To Round Off 1.36mn b/d GCC Refining Surge With 1H 2025 Start-Upmees.com · matched sitra
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General LowTotalEnergies extends support to Bapco Energies on Sitra refineryOil Review Middle East · matched sitra
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Expansion LowINTERVIEW: Bahrain to upgrade Sitra refinery by 2024, target new crude feedstockS&P Global · matched sitra
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Expansion MediumBapco lets contract for Sitra refinery modernization, expansion programOil & Gas Journal · matched sitra
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Expansion MediumSitra Refinery Expansionoffshore-technology.com + 1 other outlet · matched sitra
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General LowWork begins on $6bn revamp of Bapco’s Sitra oil refinery in BahrainConstruction Week Online · matched sitra
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Expansion MediumTechnipFMC awarded the Bapco Sitra refinery expansion in BahrainBIC Magazine + 1 other outlet · matched sitra
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Expansion MediumBapco lets contract for Sitra refinery expansion, revampOil & Gas Journal + 1 other outlet · matched sitra
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