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Crude oil is purchased from a variety of suppliers under different trade and bilateral agreements, as the refinery ensures diversified sources for energy security and to take advantage of lower cost crudes. Depending on the properties of the crude oil being processed, the refinery typically operates between 28,000 – 32,000 barrels per day. The Crude oil is pre-treated and processed through a single-stage Atmospheric Pipe-still (APS) – a fractional distillation column. Fractional distillation uses the difference in boiling point to separate the hydrocarbons in crude oil into different cuts/streams. The APS produces an overhead naphtha cut, kerosene and gas oil side stream cuts and a bottoms stream