The Zawia or Zawiya Refinery is an oil refinery located in Zawiya, Libya, which is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Tripoli.
The refinery was opened in 1974 and it currently produces an estimated 120,000 barrels (19,000 m3) of oil products per day (bpd). It is a topping and reforming refinery having a distillation capacity of 6,000 tonnes per annum. The refinery is operated by the Zawia Oil Refining Company, a subsidiary of the National Oil Corporation.[1] NOC is expected to re-tender an engineering, procurement and construction contract for upgrading the Zawia refinery.[2]