Refinery

BAPCO Sitra Refinery

BAPCO ·Sitra, BH ·v1.1

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

120 days since one was reported

Video: Bahrain’s Bapco halts oil operations following Iranian attack
2026-04-23 · 1 publisher filed it

5 reported in 12 months

conflict 3 · incident 1 · operations 1

2024-092026-08
stories filed per month · red = a disruption

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

19 records4 Dec 2017 to 23 Apr 2026Expansion 9 · Conflict 4 · General 4 · Incident 1
  1. Conflict Critical
    Bahrain's Bapco Energies declares 'force majeure' after Iran attack
    MSN · matched sitra
  2. Conflict Critical
    Video: Bahrain’s Bapco halts oil operations following Iranian attack
    MSN · matched sitra
  3. Incident Critical
    Video captures moment Bahrain's Bapco refinery's storage tank explodes into flames, massive fireball seen | Watch
    MSN · matched sitra
  4. General Low
    Hydrogen production unit hit at Bahrain’s Sitra refinery
    MEED · matched sitra
  5. Conflict Critical
    Bapco issues force majeure after attack on Sitra refinery
    gasworld + 2 other outlets · matched sitra
  6. Conflict Critical
    Bahrain's Bapco Declares Force Majeure After Iranian Refinery Strike
    The Chronicle-Journal + 2 other outlets · matched sitra
  7. General Low
    Bahrain could turn to Venezuelan heavy crude for Sitra feedstock: Bapco
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched sitra
  8. Operations Low
    TotalEnergies and Bapco Energies establish BxT trading joint venture linked to rising throughput at Bahrain’s Sitra refinery
    Energies Media · matched sitra
  9. Expansion Medium
    Bahrain to Invest $2 Billion on Capacity Expansion of Sitra Refin...
    Industrial Info Resources · matched sitra
  10. Expansion Medium
    BAPCO expects to commission 400,000-bpd Sitra refinery in Q4
    Hydrocarbon Processing · matched sitra
  11. Expansion Low
    Bahrain's Sitra refinery upgrade to complete by end-2025: exec
    Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched sitra
  12. Expansion Low
    Bahrain’s Sitra To Round Off 1.36mn b/d GCC Refining Surge With 1H 2025 Start-Up
    mees.com · matched sitra
  13. General Low
    TotalEnergies extends support to Bapco Energies on Sitra refinery
    Oil Review Middle East · matched sitra
  14. Expansion Low
    INTERVIEW: Bahrain to upgrade Sitra refinery by 2024, target new crude feedstock
    S&P Global · matched sitra
  15. Expansion Medium
    Bapco lets contract for Sitra refinery modernization, expansion program
    Oil & Gas Journal · matched sitra
  16. Expansion Medium
    Sitra Refinery Expansion
    offshore-technology.com + 1 other outlet · matched sitra
  17. General Low
    Work begins on $6bn revamp of Bapco’s Sitra oil refinery in Bahrain
    Construction Week Online · matched sitra
  18. Expansion Medium
    TechnipFMC awarded the Bapco Sitra refinery expansion in Bahrain
    BIC Magazine + 1 other outlet · matched sitra
  19. Expansion Medium
    Bapco lets contract for Sitra refinery expansion, revamp
    Oil & Gas Journal + 1 other outlet · matched sitra

Every item names this facility by city or plant name in its headline or summary. Operator-only mentions never attribute. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named.