Motiva refinery expansion contracts due

June 19, 2006
Dresser-Rand said it is completing contracts with Motiva Enterprises to supply compression equipment and start-up services for the planned 325,000 b/d expansion of Motiva's 285,000 b/cd Port Arthur, Tex., refinery.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, June 19 -- Dresser-Rand Co. said it is completing contracts with Motiva Enterprises LLC to supply compression equipment and start-up services for the planned 325,000 b/d expansion of Motiva's 285,000 b/cd Port Arthur, Tex., refinery (OGJ, May 15, 2006, Newsletter).

The contracts would commit Dresser-Rand to supply various equipment, including turbocompressor trains, reciprocating compressor units, and start-up services. Dressar-Rand said the contracts, estimated at a combined $100 million, may be released sequentially during the next 6-9 months, enabling delivery in the fourth quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of 2008.