Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) reached early this month a significant operational and financial milestone with the successful completion of the Lenders Reliability Test (LRT) in all plants at its refining and petrochemical complex. The safe and successful testing confirms the Complex's production stability and reliability. Successful completion of the LRT, which requires that no single stoppage be for more than 72 hours, saw the complex operate for 210 days with average feedstock consumption at over 90% of design and average production at over 80%. Petro Rabigh was able to vastly exceed minimum requirements by maintaining an operating factor of 97% for the tenure of the LRT. The safe and successful LRT marks the completion of the physical testing of the Petro Rabigh Complex and means that it is now fully operational and optimized, according to a latest press release of Petro Rabigh.
