Below are details of 7 recently awarded contracts to different engineering firms. As new projects are given out to engineering, procurement and construction firms in the petrochemical industry, we will continue to aggregate the data and post the relevant information. The 7 upcoming projects are:
- Jubail Export Refinery Project
- Integrated Gas Systems Projects at the Ruwais and Habshan Gas Plants
- Distributed Control System (DCS) Modernization Project
- Modernization of Oil Refinery in the Skikda, Algeria
- Pilot-scale Algae-based Integrated Biorefinery
- New 250 KTA Polypropylene Facility at PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO) Balongan Complex in West Java, Indonesia
- FEED for Topsides Facilities for the Chevron Jack & St. Malo Project
1. Jubail Export Refinery Project
- Estimated Cost: $1.6bn
- Operating Company: SATORP (Saudi Aramco and Total of France)
- Engineering Firm: Samsung Engineering
- Construction Firm: Samsung Engineering
Description: Samsung Engineering (President & CEO Yeon-Joo Jung) stated that the company won 2 refinery plants amounting to 1.6bn USD from SATORP, a joint venture that includes Saudi Aramco and Total of France. Samsung Engineering was awarded 2 main plants out of the 5 process packages from the ‘Jubail Export Refinery Complex’ project which will be constructed in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia.The Aromatics plant, at a value of $700M USD, will produce 700,000 MTPA of Paraxylene and 140,000 MTPA of Benzene. Samsung Engineering will provide the engineering, procurement and construction of this package on a lump-sum turn key basis, with completion scheduled for August 2012.The Delayed Coker unit with a contract value of approximately $900M USD, which was obtained through a strategic collaboration between Samsung Engineering and Japanese global leading EPC company Chiyoda. By June 2013, the unit is expected to produce 100,000 BPSD of light hydrocarbon such as LPG and naptha through a thermal cracking process of heavy hydrocarbon.
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2. Integrated Gas Systems Projects at the Ruwais and Habshan Gas Plants
- Estimated Cost: $9.2 billion
- Operating Company: Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd (GASCO)
- Engineering Firm: JGC, Tecnimont, Hyundai Engineering and Construction, CBI, Petrofac, and Korea’s GS Construction and Engineering
- Construction Firm: JGC, Tecnimont, Hyundai Engineering and Construction, CBI, Petrofac, and Korea’s GS Construction and Engineering
Description: Engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPC) works for integrated gas systems projects at the Ruwais and Habshan gas plants.The UAE, holds the world’s fifth-largest gas reserves, but a sizable portion of it is sour gas with a high concentration of sulphur.Need for natural gas in the booming seven-member federation UAE is forecast to grow rapidly to about six billion cubic feet daily by 2020 and most of it will be used for power generation and water desalination plants.Projects announced by GASCO include a gas treatment plant at the Habshan Gas Complex, as well as a “LNG fractionation train at the Ruwais Plant and storage tanks for propane, butane and pentane products.”
GASCO, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, said that the projects were due to be completed by “the third quarter of 2013.”
3. Distributed Control System (DCS) Modernization Project
- Estimated Cost:
- Operating Company: ConocoPhillips
- Engineering Firm: Mustang Engineering
- Construction Firm: Mustang Engineering
Description: Distributed control system (DCS) modernization project at ConocoPhillips’ San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, Calif. The project scope includes the re-instrumentation and upgrade of existing control systems for crude and coker units and the supply of a coke drum interlock system. Mustang is also responsible for the integration and fabrication of two remote instrument enclosures (RIE) to house the control system equipment.
4. Modernization of Oil Refinery in the Skikda, Algeria
- Estimated Cost: $2.6 bn
- Operating Company: Sonatrach (Algeria’s National Oil Company)
- Engineering Firm: Samsung Engineering; awarded on July 4, 2009
- Construction Firm: Samsung Engineering
Description: From the crude distillation unit to the aromatic facilities, the contract covers most of the refinery complex. Through its rehabilitation and modernization, the largest refinery plant in Algeria will have its refining capacity increased up to 330,000 BPSD. In addition, the contract includes new plants for the production of Isomerate (700,000 MTPA), Para-Xylene (220,000 MTPA) and Benzene (200,000 MTPA).Algeria has the 14th largest crude oil reserves and 8th largest gas reserves in the world and is considered an emerging market in the development of resources and infrastructure-related industries.
5. Pilot-scale Algae-based Integrated Biorefinery
- Estimated Cost:
- Operating Company: Dow Chemical Company
- Engineering Firm:
- Construction Firm:
Description: Dow plans to work with Algenol Biofuels, Inc. to build and operate a pilot-scale algae-based integrated biorefinery that will convert CO2 into ethanol. The facility is planned to be located at Dow’s Freeport, Texas site.”This project and the innovative technology involved offers great promise in the battle to help slow, stop and reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions,” stated Andrew N. Liveris, Dow chairman and chief executive officer. “We are very excited to be part of this ground-breaking alternative energy project, which is a good example of Dow’s holistic approach to CO2 capture and storage by adding value through chemistry.”Algenol’s technology uses CO2, salt water, sunlight and non-arable land to produce ethanol. Dow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Membrane Technology & Research, Inc. are contributing science, expertise, and technology to the project. Their combined expertise offers new and innovative technology, with the opportunity for creating a breakthrough process for ethanol production.Algenol submitted its formal request last week to obtain a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for financial support to successfully conduct the pilot. Upon approval of the grant, Dow and the other collaborators will work with Algenol to demonstrate the technology at a level to sufficiently prove that it can be implemented on a commercial scale.
6. New 250 KTA Polypropylene Facility at PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO) Balongan Complex in West Java, Indonesia
- Estimated Cost:
- Operating Company: PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO)
- Engineering Firm:
- Construction Firm:
Description: UNIPOL™ Polypropylene Process Technology from Dow Basic Plastics has been selected by PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO) for its new 250 KTA polypropylene facility at its Balongan complex in West Java, Indonesia.
When the project is completed in 2011, the facility will produce a mix of polypropylene products including homopolymer, random copolymer and impact copolymers. Products will be marketed primarily in the domestic market.
When the project is completed in 2011, the facility will produce a mix of polypropylene products including homopolymer, random copolymer and impact copolymers. Products will be marketed primarily in the domestic market.
7. FEED for Topsides Facilities for the Chevron Jack & St. Malo Project
- Estimated Cost:
- Operating Company: Chevron
- Engineering Firm: Mustang Engineering
- Construction Firm: Mustang Engineering
Description: Front-end engineering design (FEED) for topsides facilities for the Chevron Jack & St. Malo Project, located in approximately 7,000 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and about 270 miles southwest of New Orleans in the Walker Ridge area. Jack & St. Malo will be a floating semi-submersible production facility with an initial nameplate capacity between 120,000 and 150,000 BOPD, 37.5 MMscf/D gas, and provisions for a future 200,000 BPD water injection.
The FEED, which will be performed by a peak staff of almost 70, started in 2nd quarter 2009, with completion expected in 2nd quarter 2010. Mustang completed pre-FEED services for the project in 1st quarter 2009.
The FEED, which will be performed by a peak staff of almost 70, started in 2nd quarter 2009, with completion expected in 2nd quarter 2010. Mustang completed pre-FEED services for the project in 1st quarter 2009.
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