Refinery Expansion

PDVSA Petroleo SA has let a contract to a unit of Foster Wheeler’s global engineering and construction group for the engineering, procurement, and construction management for the expansion of PDVSA’s El Palito refinery near Pto. Cabello, Carabobo state.

Essar Energy PLC has completed a 35-day shutdown of its 300,000-b/d Vadinar refinery in Gujarat, India, related to an upgrade and expansion project that it expects to be mechanically complete by yearend (OGJ Online, Mar. 28, 2011).

Cenovus Energy Inc., Calgary, says expansion of the 306,000 b/sd Wood River refinery at Roxana, Ill., is essentially finished as start-up of the expanded coker approaches by mid-November.

Repsol held a ceremonial opening of the expansion of its 110,000 b/d Cartagena refinery in Murcia, Spain, to 220,000 b/d of distillation capacity (OGJ Online, Jan. 7, 2010).

Laffan Refinery Co. Ltd. let a lump-sum, front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract of an undisclosed sum to Technip SA for the Laffan refinery's Phase 2 expansion.

Engineering and construction contractors for Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co. (Takreer) have awarded contracts for mass-transfer equipment to GTC Technology Korea Co. Ltd., a unit of Houston-based GTC Technology International LP, as part of an expansion of the 350,000-b/d refinery at Ruwais.

Oman Refineries & Petrochemical Co. let a $40 million contract to CB&I, Houston, for front-end engineering and design and project management at the Sohar refinery.

Indian Oil Corp. has commissioned the expansion of its Panipat refinery in Haryana, India, to 300,000 b/d from 240,000 b/d.