SULFUR--WORLDWIDE CONSTRUCTION

April 12, 1993
*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 lt/d sulfur recovery unit. Engr: Ford, Bacon & Davis. 1993. 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,

*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 lt/d sulfur recovery unit. Engr: Ford, Bacon & Davis. 1993.

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. $40 MM. Contr: Fluor Daniel. Completion: July 1993.

CITIZENS GAS. Indianapolis, Ind. *2,500 mt/y sulfur unit in engineering stage. PD/Engr/DD/PE/CS: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1994.

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/y 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. PD: 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.

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM. Woods Cross, Utah. *10 t/d amine treater and sulfur recovery unit. Source: fuel gas. Engr: Bechtel. CS: Yeargin. Completion: June 1993.

PLACID REFINING. Port Allen, La. *20 t/d sulfur recovery unit and 20 t/d tail gas treating unit under construction. Engr/PE: TPA Inc. Completion: 3rd Qtr. 1993.

TEXACO. Bakersfield, Calif. *70 t/d sulfur unit and 100 t/d tail gas unit under construction. DD/PE: Bechtel. Completion: 2nd Qtr. 1993.

STAR ENTERPRISE. Port Arthur, Tex.

152 t/d sulfur plant and 200 t/d tail gas unit under construction. Engr/CS: Bechtel. Completion: 1st Qtr. 1993.

UNOCAL. Wilmington, Calif. *200 t/d sulfur plant and tail gas unit under construction. CS: Becthel. 4th Qtr. 1993.

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

ABU DHABI

ADGAS. Sulfur recovery unit planned. PD: Parsons Co. 4th Qtr. 1993.

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

Ruwais. Expansion of sulfur recovery unit planned. Completion: 1995,

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

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.

WESTCOAST ENERGY. Chetwynd, B.C. *965 t/d sulfur recovery unit expansion in engineering stage. PD/Engr/DD/PE: Delta Catalytic Engr. and Const. Completion: 1994.

CHINA

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

CHINA, TAIWAN

CHINA STEEL Corp. Kaosiung. 7,000 mt/y sulfur plant in the engineering stage. PD/Engr/PE/CS: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1994.

COLOMBIA

ECOPETROL. Barrancaberaeja. *30 t/d sulfur recovery unit in engineering stage. Engr/CS: TPL. Completion: April 1995.

COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES

(FORMERLY THE U.S.S.R.)

MAGNITOGORSK. Magitogorsk. 8,000 mt/y sulfur unit in the engineering stage. PD/Engr/PE/CS: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1995.

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

FRANCE

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

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

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

GERMANY

OMV. Karlsruhe. *2-225 t/d oxygen Claus/Scot unit in engineering stage. PD/ Engr: Lurgi. Lic: Shell/Comprimo/Lurgi. Completion: 1994.

PCK AG. Schwedt. *Expansion of sulfur recovery unit. Engr/PE/CS: Comprimo By. Completion: End 1994.

VEBA. Gelsenkirchen. *70 t/d Claus/Scot unit in engineering stage. Lic: Shell/Comprimo/Lurgi. Engr/PD/DD/PE: Lurgi. Completion: 1994.

GREECE

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

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 t/d sulfur recovery unit under construction. Turn-key. Contr: Techint. Completion: May 1993.

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

LUCKY Ltd. *sulfur recovery unit in engineering stage. PD/DD/Engr/PE: Linde.

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.

SAUDI ARABIA

ARAMCO. *300 t/d sulfur recovery unit. PD/Engr: Parsons. Completion: 4th Qtr. 1994.

SINGAPORE

MOBIL OIL SINGAPORE. Jurong. 120 mt/d sulfur recovery unit. Completion: January 1994.

SPAIN

ELCOGAS. Puertollano. 19,200 sulfur unit in the engineering stage. PD/Engr/DD/PE/CS: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1996.

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

PETRNOR. Somorrostro. *86 t/d sulfur recovery unit in engineering stage. Engr/DD/PE: Technicas Reunidas. Completion: 1994.

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

Cartagena. *35 t/d sulfur unit.

Puertollano. *2-47.5 mt/d comprimo unit in detailed design stage.

TRINIDAD

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO OIL Co. Ltd. Pointe-A-Pierre. 181 mt/d new SuperClaus unit from H2S. Contr: Comprimo B.Y. 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.

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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