Refined products
Through our network of wholly-owned refineries and our joint venture refineries with international partners, we produce critical feedstock for industry and the essential fuels that meet the needs of productive communities around the world.
The company's Downstream operations began in Saudi Arabia 1945, when the Ras Tanura refinery started operations, and expanded with the acquisition of an in-Kingdom refining network from Samarec in 1993. Today, Aramco produces a full slate of quality fuels and lubricants that meet or exceed international quality standards.
Aramco's principle refined products include: LPG, naphtha, gasoline, jet fuel/kerosene, diesel, heavy fuel oil, and asphalt. Aramco’s refining operations are conducted in Saudi Arabia and internationally through wholly-owned and affiliated refineries. The refining operations allow Aramco to transform its crude oil and NGL into refined products and chemicals.
Aramco specifically designs and configures its refining system to optimize production using the crude oil it produces, which helps reduce supply chain cost and improve operational efficiency in its refining operations, and therefore, the supply of refined products to its Downstream customers.
In addition to increasing its in-Kingdom refining capability, Aramco is also expanding its strategically-integrated downstream business in high-growth economies, such as China, India and Southeast Asia, while maintaining its current participation in material demand centers, such as the United States, and countries that rely on importing crude oil such as Japan, and South Korea.
With the significant step in aligning Aramco and SABIC strategies, following Aramco’s acquisition of a 70% stake in SABIC, the global diversified chemicals company, has enabled us to strengthen our chemicals platform, and expand our reach and footprint in more than 50 countries, worldwide.
We supply refined products to more than 17,000 service stations worldwide with 5,300 located in the U.S., more than 5,200 in China and South Korea, 6,500 in Japan, and 270 service stations in Saudi Arabia.