Uchenna Izundu
OGJ International Editor
LONDON, Aug. 20 -- Work is on track to expand and upgrade the Cartagena refinery to 150,000 b/d in Colombia by 2010.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V. (CB&I) contracted SGS Colombia SA to inspect its storage tank inspections focusing on the bottom and shells to reduce economic and environmental risks. The floating-roof and conical-roof tanks vary between 20,000-130,000 bbl in size.
The refinery will provide cleaner fuels—low-sulfur gasoline and diesel from a heavy crude oil slate—to meet national and international environmental standards and to optimize financial and operational indicators.
CBI was awarded the engineering, procurement, construction contract in 2007 by Refineria de Cartagena SA, which is owned by Glencore International AG with a 51% stake and Ecopetrol, Colombia’s national oil company with 49% (OGJ Online, Dec. 17, 2007).
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