industry natural gas founded 1979 headquarters southern governorate bahrain key people dr. mohamed bin khalifa al khalifa ceo products naphtha propane butane lpg methane ethane revenue 282 million 2014 number of employees 500 2010 website www.banagas.com.bh banagas formally the bahrain national gas company is a bahraini natural gas company headquartered in bahrain s southern governorate . banagas operates lpg plant facilities which recover propane butane and naphtha from the bahrain oil field s associated gas and refinery off gas . some 94 % of the total workforce are bahrain nationals . 75 % of the company s shares are owned by the government of bahrain with the remaining shares owned by boubyan petrochemical company of kuwait and chevron bahrain . contents 1 history 2 current operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 1979 by shaikh isa bin salman al khalifa with the objective of utilizing bahrain s gas resources by processing associated gas and refinery off gas into marketable products . the entire us 100 million project included the construction of four gas compressor stations a processing plant to recover propane butane and naphtha and a storage area at sitra . in 1980 the first ship to transport gas was the japanese tanker yuyo maru which was loaded with 5 000 tonnes of butane . in 1988 the total capacity of the plant was upgraded from 170 48.1 105m million cubic feet day to 280 million cubic feet day 79.3 105m . 1 current operations edit banagas compresses associated gas and refinery off gas at its compressor stations before being sent to its central gas plant . after processing the treated products are routed to tanks and analyzed then pumped via a pipeline to refrigerated storage tanks at sitra . currently banagas has the capacity to produce 3000 bbls of propane 3200 bbls of butane and 4500 bbls of naphtha per day . 2 in addition to exporting its products banagas uses residue gas as fuel for its own furnaces and gas turbines while the rest is supplied to aluminium bahrain riffa power station and the bapco refinery . references edit introduction . bahrain national gas company . archived from the original on 21 july 2010 . retrieved august 24 2010 . our process . bahrain national gas company . archived from the original on 21 july 2010 . retrieved august 24 2010 . external links edit official website this bahrain corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a company or corporation involved in the energy industry is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title banagas & oldid 739214267 categories 1979 establishments in bahraincompanies established in 1979oil and gas companies of bahrainasian company stubsbahrain stubsenergy company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 12 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view