*Designates projects listed for the first time in the Journal.
UNITED STATES
AMCOAL (MW Kellogg and Bechtel development). Quemahoning Indus. Park, Johnstown, Somerset County, PA coal gasification plant processing 485 t/d high sulfur coal. When completed the plant will generate 60 mgw electricity. Completion: 1991.
CHAMBERS COGENERATION LP. Carney's Point, NJ two 140,000 kw pulverized coal fired steam generators. Contr: Foster Wheeler, Completion: Summer 1993.
CHEVRON USA INC. Richmond, CA 130,000 kw waste gas fueled cogeneration plant. (00)
DEXZEL, INC. Olidale, CA 5,600 b/sd thermal enhanced oil recovery (utilizes exhaust steam from gas cogeneration facility) in the engineering stage. Engr: Ben Holt. Completion: June 1991.
ENCOAL. Gilette, WY 1,000 t/d coal gasification plant under construction. Contr: Kellogg. Completion: 1992.
EXXON CO. USA. Benicia, CA 49,000 kw cogeneration plant. (00)
OHIO ONTARIO CLEAN FUELS INC. Warren, OH 12,280 b/d coal to liquid fuel (using catalytic process to liquefy crushed and ground coal). Design: HRI. Engr: Stone & Webster. $225 MM. Completion: 1995.
OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE. Richmond, VA 393,000 kw pulverized coal fired power plant. Contr: Westinghouse/Combustion Engineering/H.B. Zachry/Black & Veatch. Completion: 1993.
SALT CITY ENERGY VENTURE. Solvay, NY Conversion of a direct coal fired power plant. 80,000 kw of electricity and 40,000 lb/hr of process steam. Engr: Duke/Fluor Corp. $78 MM. (A0)
TENNESSEE EASTMAN. Kingsport, TN Coal gasification expansion under construction. Contr: Bechtel. Completion: 1991.
10 MMscfd acid gas removal & cryogenic separation expansion in the engineering stage. Process Design: Linde. Completion: 1991.
TEXACO R&M. Anacortes, WA (partnership with Mission Energy) 80 mw Cogeneration plant. Completion: Nov. 1991.
CANADA
BP CANADA & PETRO-CANADA. Wolf Lake, Alberta. 15,000 b/d bitumen expansion from tar sands. Completion: 1991.
ESSO RESOURCES CANADA LTD. (OSLO project). Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Consortium members: Esso (25%); Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. (20%); Gulf Canada Resources Ltd. (20%); Petro-Canada (15%); PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd. (10%); and Alberta Oil Sands Equity (10%)). 77,000 b/d from oil sands. Basic engineering and site preparation studies proceeding. $3.5 billion. Construction to begin in 1991. Completion: 1996.
HUSKY OIL OPERATIONS LTD. Lloydminster, Sask. 46,000 b/d heavy oil upgrader under construction. $1.2 billion. Hydrocracker (HRI); delayed coker and hydrogen plant (FW/SNC); primary upgrader plant (PCL/Braun/Simons); sulfur recovery (Monenco); crude plant and secondary upgrader (Bantrel). Completion: 1992.
SUNCOR. Fort McMurray. 75,000 b/d expansion (125,000 b/d total cap.) from oil sands. $2 billion. Seeking investors.
18,000 b/d crude expansion from oil sands (71,000 b/d total capacity). $50 MM. Completion: 1991. (09)
CHINA
BEIIING COKING & CHEMICAL WORKS. Bleiing. 66 MMcfd coal gasification plant under construction. (A1)
JINCHANG GAS CY. Jinchang, Ganshu. 4.6 MMcfd coal gasification plant under construction. (A1)
QINHUANGDAO COAL. Ohd. 10.6 MMcfd coal gasification plant under construction. (A1)
SHOUGANG. Beijing. 1,000 mt/d coal gasification plant in engineering stage. Contr: CTIP. Completion: 1991.
YANRI CWM CO. Shandong. 250,000 mt/y coal water mixture in the engineering stage. Contr: JGC Corp. Completion: 1992.
ITALY
ENICHEM/ANIC SpA. Porto Torres. 500,000 mt/y high concentration coal slurry reocarb unit under construction. Engr/ Contr: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1991.
IRAQ
Present status unclear due to the Middle-East crises.
Khor al-Zubair. fertilizer complex including two 1,000 metric mt/d ammonia trains and two 1,750 mt/d urea trains. $350 MM. Contr: Snamprogetti. (A0)
NETHERLANDS
DEMKOLEC. Buggenum. 250 mgw power-from-Coal-gas demo project in the engineering stage, Design: Comprimo. Engr: Lummus Crest. Completion: 1993.
SPAIN
REPSOL PETROLEO SA. Puertollano & Tarragona. three 38,000 kw cogeneration units. Completion: 1992.
Corunna. two 38,000 kw cogeneration units. Completion:
Mid-1991.
Cartagena. two 38,000 kw cogeneration units. Completion: 1993.
Somorrostro. two 38,000 kw cogeneration units. Completion: 1992.
UNITED KINGDOM
BRITISH GAS PLC. Westfield, Scotland. New Coal Briquelling plant under construction. Contr: Babcock. (09)
VENEZUELA
TECNOCONSULT SA. Cardon $130 million replacement cogeneration power plant operated by Maraven SA. Engr: Raytheon (A1)
ZAMBIA
NITROGEN CHEMICALS OF ZAMBIA. Kafue. 300 mt/y revamp. Coal gasification for ammonia, under construction. Contr: Krupp Koppers/Klockner. Completion: 1991
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