By the OGJ Online Staff
HOUSTON, Aug. 22 -- TotalFinaElf SA, Paris, awarded Camom, a unit of Bouygues Offshore SA, a contract for three scheduled refinery shutdowns.
The combined contracts are worth 13 million euros ($11.9 million).
Camom, with partner GTI Electromechanical NV, is already well into the 7-month preparation phrase of its 8-month contract to shut down a unit at the 300,000 b/d Anvers refinery in Belgium. That project is scheduled to be completed in October-November.
Camom will work on two units at the 150,000 b/d Grandpuits refinery in France. That project will take 10 months, including a 9-month preparation phase, to be completed in February-March.
The company also is to work on four units at the 200,000 b/d Feyzin refinery in France. The project will take 11 months, including a 10-month preparation phase, and is scheduled to be finished in March-April 2002.
Hervé Le Bouc, chairman and CEO of Bouygues Offshore, said, "These contracts are a significant first step in TotalFinaElf's Europe-wide downstream strategy, which consists of awarding a single multi-year, multi-facility contract to manage scheduled shutdowns and major tank maintenance work at the French major's refineries."