SULFUR - WORLDWIDE CONSTRUCTION

Oct. 26, 1992
*Designates projects listed for the first time in the Journal. AMOCO OIL Co. Texas City, Tex. expansion sulfur recovery unit planned. Whiting, Tex. expansion of sulfur recovery unit planned. Salt Lake City, Utah. *15 It/d sulfur recovery unit. Engr: Ford, Bacon & Davis. 1993. ASHLAND PETROLEUM. St. Paul, Minn. 50 t/d expansion of Claus unit (from refinery). Engr: Pritchard/Pro Quip. Completion: Fall 1992. CENEX FARMERS UNION. Laurel, Mont. Sulfur recovery unit upgrade. Completion:

*Designates projects listed for the first time in the Journal.

UNITED STATES

AMOCO OIL Co. Texas City, Tex. expansion sulfur recovery unit planned.

Whiting, Tex. expansion of sulfur recovery unit planned.

Salt Lake City, Utah. *15 It/d sulfur recovery unit. Engr: Ford, Bacon & Davis. 1993.

ASHLAND PETROLEUM. St. Paul, Minn. 50 t/d expansion of Claus unit (from refinery). Engr: Pritchard/Pro Quip. Completion: Fall 1992.

CENEX FARMERS UNION. Laurel, Mont. Sulfur recovery unit upgrade. Completion: Mid-1994.

*50 mt/d expansion of Claus and tail gas treating. Contr: Foster Wheeler. Completion: October 1993.

CHEVRON U.S.A. Salt Lake City, Utah. Desulfurization unit. $40MM. Contr: Fluor Daniel. Completion: July 1993.

EXXON COMPANY U.S.A. Santa Barbara, Calif. *20 mt/d total capacity from natural gas. 3-Claus reactor. Contr: Brown & Root. Completion: May 1994.

FINA OIL & CHEMICAL Co. Port Arthur, Tex. *80 mt/d expansion of Claus/Scot unit from refinery. Engr/Procurement: Fluor Daniel. Completion: October 1993.

HOLLY Corp. Artesia, N.M. Sulfur recovery unit. $12 MM.

MARATHON OIL Co. Robinson, Ill. 2-sulfur recovery units at 90 t/d each. Design: Parsons. Contr: Kellogg. Completion: 1993.

Detroit, Mich. 45 t/d Claus & tailgas units. Contr: Fluor. Completion: 1993.

Garyville, La. tailgas unit. Contr: Kellogg. Completion: 1993.

MOBIL OIL Corp. Beaumont, Tex. 300 t/d expansion of Claus unit (from refinery gas). Contr: Kellogg. Completion: Mid-1992.

Joliet, Ill. 200 t/d expansion of Claus & tailgas unit (from refinery gas). Contr: Litwin. Completion: 3 rd Qtr. 1 992.

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM. Woods Cross, Utah. 10 t/d sulfur plant under construction. DD/Engr: Bechtel. Completion: 1992.

amine treater and sulfur recovery unit. Design: Bechtel. Completion: March 1993.

SHELL OIL Co. Norco, La. 120 t/d Claus recovery unit and tailgas unit expansion under construction. $25 MM. Design/Engr: Pritchard Corp. Completion: 1992.

STAR ENTERPRISE. Port Arthur, Tex. 152 t/d sulfur plant and 200 t/d tail gas unit under construction. Engr/Design: Bechtel. Contr: Brown & Root. Completion: 1993.

TOTAL PETROLEUM Inc. Alma, Mich. 40.7 t/d Claus unit (from refinery). Completion: March 1993.

UNO-VEN Co. Lemont, Ill. 21 t/d revamp of sulfur unit. Engr: H-R International.

ABU DHABI

ADGAS. 550 mt/d expansion of sulfur recovery unit under construction. Design/Engr/Contr: Parsons Co. Completion: 4th Qtr. 1992.

Sulfur recovery unit planned. Process Design: Parsons Co.

ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL Co. Ruwais. 500 mt/d each, 2 units sulfur granulation being revamped and under construction. Design/Engr/Contr: Snamprogetti Completion: 1992.

750 mt/d sulfur granulation unit under construction. Design/Engr/Contr: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1992.

Umm Al-Nar. 23 mt/d sulfur recovery plant under construction. Design/Engr/Contr: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1993.

AUSTRALIA

BP REFINERY. Kwinana. 35 t/d Claus sulfur recovery unit expansion under construction. $10 MM. DD/Engr/Contr: Pritchard. Completion: 1992.

BELGIUM

PETROFINA. Antwerp. *2-sulfur recovery units under construction. Completion: Summer 1994.

BRAZIL

PETROBRAS. Canoas, RS. 70 mt/d Claus unit (from refinery) planned. Contr: Staff. Completion: 1997.

Cubatao, SP. 2-35 mt/d Claus unit (from refinery) in the engineering stage. Contr: Staff. Completion: 1995.

Duque de Caxias. *30 mt/d sulfur unit planned. Completion: 1997.

Mataripe. *40 mt/d sulfur unit planned. Completion: 1997.

Paulinia, SP. 60 mt/d Claus unit (from fuel gas and LPG desulf) under construction. Lic: Kellogg. Contr: Staff. Completion: 1993.

*100 mt/d sulfur unit planned. Completion: 1997.

CANADA

HUSKY OIL OPERATIONS. Lloydminster, Alta/Sask. 300 mt/d heavy oil upgrader sulfur recovery plant 206 mt/d Scot treater and 445 MMscf/d adip treater in the engineering stage. Engr/Procurement: Monenco Ltd. Completion: 1992.

MOBIL OIL CANADA. Carstairs, Alta Sulfur recovery unit. Superclaus-99 process.

SHELL CANADA. Caroline, Alta. 4,000 mt/d sulfur recovery unit under construction. Engr/Contr: Delta Projects. Completion: 1993.

CHINA

TANGSHAN MUNICIPAL COKING PLANT. Tangshan. 1,300 mt/y sulfur plant in the engineering stage. Engr/Process Design/Contr: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1995.

CHINA, TAIWAN

CHINA STEEL Corp. Kaosiung. 7,000 mt/y sulfur plant in the engineering stage. Engr/Process Design/Contr: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1994.

COLUMBIA

ECOPETROL. Cartagena. 35 mt/d Claus unit modification from refinery gas. Contr: Foster Wheeler. Completion: Early 1992.

COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES
(formerly the U.S.S.R.)

MACHINOIMPORTS. Tengiz. 2 sulfur recovery units. 250,000 mt/y each in the engineering stage. Lic: IFP. Contr: Lurgi/Total. Completion: 1992.

MAGNITOGORSK. Magitogorsk. *8,000 mt/y sulfur unit in the engineering stage. Process Design/Engr/Const: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1995.

ODESSA REFINERY. Odessa. *21 mt/d sulfur recovery unit in the engineering stage. Completion: 1993.

COSTA RICA

REFINADORA COSTARRICENSE DE PETROLEO. Puerto Limon. 10,000 mt/d sulfur plant in the engineering stage. Contr: Dragados. Completion: 1992.

FRANCE

CHEVRON CHEMICAL SA. Le Havre. 2,500 Ncu m/hr tail gate (clauspol) unit in the engineering stage. Contr: Gas Integral Entrap. Completion: 1993.

SHELL FRANCE. Petit Covronne. 165 t/d H2S Claus unit in the engineering stage. Engr: Heurtey. Completion: 1st Qtr. 1993.

SNEA. Lacq. 600 mt/d Claus unit under construction. Engr/Contr: Heurtey. Completion: 1992.

TOTAL. Gonfreville. 2-Claus units in the engineering stage. Engr/Process/Contr: Heurtey. Completion: 2nd Qtr. 1993.

GREECE

HELLENIC ASPROPYRGOS REFINERY. Athens. *40 mt/d H2S rich gas planned. Completion: End 1994.

GERMANY

LEUNA-WERKE. Leuna. 9,400 Ncu m/hr sulfur recovery unit under construction. Contr: Voest-Alpine. Completion: 1992.

RUHRKOHLE AG. Dortmund. 10,000 mt/y sulfur plant under construction. Engr/Process Design/Contr: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1992.

INDIA

INDIAN OIL Corp. Ltd. Koyali, Gujarat. 18 mt/d Claus unit (from fuel gas). Completion: October 1992.

IRAN

NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL Co. Bandar Abbas. 130 mt/d sulfur recovery plant under construction. Design/Engr/Contr: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1994.

ITALY

SARAS. Sarroch. 200 mt/d sulfur recovery unit in the engineering stage. Engr: Techint. Completion: 1992.

JAPAN

NIPPON PETROLEUM CO. Negishi. *170 mt/d Parsons unit from sour gas. Contr: MKK. Completion: 1993.

JORDAN

JORDAN PETROLEUM REFINERY. Zerka. 18 mt/d Claus unit from refinery gases. $4.5 MM. Completion: 1995.

KOREA

KUKDONG. Daesan. 180 mt/d Claus unit. Contr: Hyundai. Completion: December 1992.

KUWAIT

KUWAIT NATIONAL PETROLEUM Co. Kuwait. acid gas removal plant. Process Design: Pritchard Corp. Completion: 1992.

MEXICO

PEMEX. Salina Cruz, Oax. 2-40 mt/d Claus units (from refinery gas) under construction. Engr: Bufete Industrial. Completion: 1992.

Tula. 33 mt/d Claus unit from refinery gas under construction. Engr: Bufete Industrial. Completion: 1992.

NETHERLANDS

DSM. 500 mt/d sulfur dioxide plant under construction. Completion: 1992.

PHILIPPINES

CALTEX. Batangas. 35 mt/d sulfur recovery unit in the engineering stage. Design/Engr/Const Mgmt: Parsons Co. Completion: 1st Qtr. 1994.

PORTUGAL

PETROGAL. Sines. 80 mt/d sulfur. Contr: Technip. Completion 1994.

QATAR

QATAR GENERAL PETROLEUM Corp. Umm Said. 145 mt/d expansion under construction. Completion: 4th Qtr. 1992.

SINGAPORE

Mobil Oil Singapore. Jurong. *120 mt/d sulfur recovery unit.

SPAIN

ELCOGAS. Puertollano. *19,200 sulfur unit in the engineering stage. Design/Engr/Const: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1996.

ERTOIL. Huelva. *50 mt/d Claus unit. Contr: Ford, Bacon, & Davies. Completion: 1993.

REPSOL PETROLEO. Cartagena. 2-35 mt/y sulfur recovery unit under construction. $17 MM. DD/Engr/Contr: Tecnicas. Completion: 1992.

La Coruna. *144 mt/d sulfur unit in the engineering stage. $25 MM. Detailed Design/Engr: John Brown. Completion: 1994.

TRINIDAD

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO OIL Co. Ltd. Pointe-A-Pierre. 150 mt/d new Claus unit. Engr: Kellogg, Completion: 1992.

*181 mt/d new Super-Claus unit from H2S-Contr: Comprimo B.V. Completion: 2nd Qtr. 1994.

TURKEY

TURKISH PETROLEUM REFINERIES Corp. Izmir. 73 mt/d sulfur recovery plant (from refinery gas) under construction. Design/Proc Engr/Contr: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1993.

Izmit. 90 mt/d Claus and tail gas unit (from refinery gas). Completion: 1995.

Kirikkale. 48 mt/d Claus unit (from refinery gas). Contr: JGC/Kutlutas. Completion: 1992.

UNITED KINGDOM

CONOCO LTD. S. Humberside. *70 mt/d Super-Claus unit in design stage. Contr: Comprino. Completion: August 1993.

VENEZUELA

LAGOVEN, SA Amuay. 360 mt/d sulfur recovery unit in the engineering stage. Engr: Parsons. $31.5 MM Completion: 1993.

MARAVEN, Cardon. 230 mt/d Claus unit in the engineering stage. Engr/Contr: /Bechtel/Jantesa/Comprimo. $7.6 MM. Completion: 4th Qtr. 1995.

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