Omair said. "The program is based on ensuring business continuity and reliable operations at Sasref's plants for the next decade and beyond." The project will boost Sasref's "international competitiveness as a firmly established pacesetter refinery," Al-Omair said. IMP Major Projects manager Ahmad Al-Abdrabbuh said this second stage of the project will replace the obsolete relay-based Instrumented Protective System (IPS or Safeguarding system) and its field instruments, the Distributed Control System and its field instruments and quality measurement instruments, stand-alone automation systems and applications, and integrate them with earlier stages of the IMP program. Sasref is a 50-50 joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Shell with a production capacity of 305,000 barrels per day. It is an export refinery where Arabian Light Crude is upgraded into high-quality refined products, including kerosene, naphtha, benzene, fuel oil and liquefied petroleum gas.
