Technip And CBI Eastern Anstalt Win $480Mn Ruwais Refinery Projects

VOL. XLV

No 27

8-July-2002

UAE

Technip And CBI Eastern Anstalt Win $480Mn Ruwais Refinery Projects

Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), on 30 June awarded two contracts worth $480mn to carry out expansion projects at the Ruwais refinery. The first was awarded to Technip Italy for the unleaded gasoline (ULG) and low sulfur gas oil (LSGO) project main package agreement, and the second to CBI Eastern Anstalt for the tankage package agreement. Both will be implemented on a lump sum, turnkey basis for the provision of engineering, procurement and construction, commissioning start-up, and maintenance – including training of refinery personnel. The overall works are scheduled for completion within 36 months, with the contract for the tankage package being assigned to the main package contractor for implementation. The scope of the work for the ULG/LSGO project includes the installation of new process units, together with the necessary offsites and utilities. It also includes the revamp of some of the existing process units within the Ruwais refinery, expansion of the tank farm, new electrical substations and operator shelters, expansion of existing controls systems and additional shipping facilities. Fluor Daniel of the US carried out the conceptual study for the project, while the UK’s Bechtel office carried out the front end engineering design (FEED). The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) was put out to tender in July 2001, with the US’s Foster Wheeler acting as project management consultant during that period. The Ruwais refinery, which began operations in 1981, has a capacity of around 420,000 b/d (140,000 b/d of crude refining and 280,000 b/d of condensate splitting).

Last month, Takreer announced that it was planning to increase condensate production capacity at Ruwais from 280,000 b/d to 360,000 b/d by 2006 through a debottlenecking program (MEES, 24 June). Two condensate splitters – each with 140,000 b/d capacity – came on-stream in mid-2000 with a product mix of 50% naphtha, 30% jet/kero, 15% gasoil and the remainder LPG and residue (MEES, 11 September 2000). According to a company forecast, an additional 135,000 b/d of condensate will become available once the Gasco Asab Gas Development (AGD-2) and Onshore Gas Development (OGD-3) are operational (for details, see MEES, 4 February). Based on these estimates, Takreer has awarded a contract to Italy’s Snamprogetti to carry out a process study for debottlenecking existing facilities at the Ruwais refinery to enable them to process 130% of their design capacity.