By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Nov. 4 -- Zwara Oil Refinery Co. Ltd. (Zorco) let a contract to Foster Wheeler Italiana SPA to perform consultancy and project management services for a planned 200,000 b/sd refinery at Mellita, near Zwara, in Libya. The $4 billion refinery is planned to be completed in 2014.
The contract includes the optimization of the refinery's configuration, selection of the licensors and the front-end engineering and design, including preparation of a cost estimate. Foster Wheeler also will prepare the tender documents for the engineering, procurement, and construction phase, will assist Zorco in selecting the EPC contractor, and will serve as project management consultant during the EPC phase.
Foster wheeler said the planned refinery will be a state-of-the-art facility aimed at producing premium quality gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel with minimal fuel oil production, and related utilities, offsites, and marine facilities.
Tamoil Africa Holdings Ltd. holds the equity in Zorco.
