By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, June 18 -- Italian firm Erg SPA awarded a contract to a Foster Wheeler Ltd. unit for a new ultra-desulfurization unit at Erg's 225,000 b/cd refinery at Priolo, Sicily.
Erg also awarded Foster Wheeler a contract for expansion of an existing power station. Both contracts call for Foster Wheeler to provide engineering, procurement and construction supervision services.
Total investment cost of the two projects is more than $160 million. Terms of the contracts was not disclosed.
The ultra-desulfurization unit will produce gasoline with low sulfur content (less than 10 ppm) in order to meet the new European specifications. Both plants are slated for completion by yearend 2005.
