WORLD NEWS
IN BRIEF
November
2016
HYDROCARBON
ENGINEERING
6
Venezuela |
Modular construction project
W
ison Offshore & Marine Ltd has
announced its final delivery of
the key modularised components
construction project for Petróleos de
Venezuela S.A.'s (PDVSA's) RPLC refinery
plant, following the load out of the last
batch of modules.
The project was awarded toWison
by the Hyundai‑Wison consortium,
consisting of Hyundai Engineering &
Construction, Hyundai Engineering and
Wison Engineering, for the supply of
key modularised components, including
pipe racks and equipment modules.
Project scope covers the fabrication of
a total of 94 modules up to the size of
30 m x 10 m x 17 m each, with a total
weight of 26 000 t. The modules were
delivered in nine batches. All modules
will be used in 11 parts of the refinery,
including the hydrogen treatment
facilities, the vacuum distillation unit,
the cooling water system unit, the
wastewater system unit and the flare
system unit. The project was executed
over the course of 20 months.
Australia |
LNG programme completion
F
ollowing a six year global design and
construction effort, Bechtel has
announced that it has completed
construction of the Curtis Island LNG
programme, with Australia Pacific LNG
starting sustained production from
Train 2 of its facility. Bechtel has now
delivered all six LNG production trains
to three customers – QGC,
Santos GLNG and Australia Pacific LNG
– on Curtis Island, off the shore of
Queensland, just north of the city of
Gladstone.
The three simultaneous
construction programmes are part of
the largest concentration of
private‑capital investment in Australia’s
history. The three facilities have the
combined capacity to supply
25 million tpy of LNG – equal to about
8% of the world’s production.
Design and construction of the
three LNG plants was a global effort
that peaked at more than
30 000 people across seven countries
on four continents, including at
one point employing almost
14 500 colleagues in Gladstone alone.
Execution of the programme included
direct‑hire construction on
Curtis Island and modularisation of
major plant components in
Bechtel‑operated yards in Indonesia,
the Philippines and Thailand.
USA
CB&I has been awarded a five year contract
renewal, valued at approximately US$350 million,
for maintenance, turnarounds and capital
construction for a major refinery in the Midwest.
This award extends the company's 25 plus
year relationship with the customer, and it will
continue to provide sustainable value through
improved reliability and performance.
THE NETHERLANDS
A partnership consisting of AkzoNobel, Van
Gansewinkel, Air Liquide, AVR, Enerkem and the
Port of Rotterdam announced that it is looking
to build a waste to chemicals plant in Rotterdam
in collaboration with the City of Rotterdam, the
province of South Holland and InnovationQuarter.
The facility will produce methanol from synthesis
gas generated from residual waste. This marks the
beginning of a new phase during which the parties
will work together optimising and completing the
feasibility of the business case, which includes the
selection of the exact location and the start of
the application process for the necessary permits.
FINLAND
Neste Jacobs and Borealis have signed an
agreement for Neste Jacobs to perform the
energy screening for all production units at the
Borealis site in Porvoo, Finland. Neste Jacobs will
utilise its unique NJe2 technology, part of the
company's proprietary NAPCON offering for the
project. The project will start in Autumn 2016 and
the recommendations will be implemented in the
upcoming projects.
INDIA
Ducon Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd (DTIPL) has
secured a pet coke pipe conveyor contract from
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd for the Guwahati
refinery in a national competitive bidding process.
The scope of this turnkey contract also includes
conveying of lime, fly ash and bed ash handling
for the new boiler being installed at the refinery.
Ducon will provide the complete hazard and
operability (HAZOP) study, basic and detailed
engineering, and all equipment for disciplines such
as civil, structural, piping, mechanical, electrical
and instrumentation.
USA |
Alliance agreement
C
B&I has signed a long term alliance
agreement with Haldor Topsoe, a
leading catalyst and technology
provider, that will expand CB&I's
licensing position for syngas
opportunities.
As part of the agreement, CB&I will
promote Haldor Topsoe's licensed
syngas‑based technologies, which
complement CB&I's existing
technology portfolio. CB&I will also
work with Haldor Topsoe on the
engineering, procurement and
construction of plants in
North America. The move represents
another step in the companies' long
history of technology collaboration.
The alliance further expands CB&I's
portfolio by leveraging eight additional
Haldor Topsoe technologies, while
capitalising on the company's
engineering, procurement and
construction (EPC) expertise.
The companies previously
announced a technology bundling
award for the Pertamina refinery
upgrade, which will use CB&I's CDAlky®
advanced sulfuric acid alkylation
technology and Haldor Topsoe's Wet
Gas Sulfuric Acid (WSA) technology.
