Refining & Processing

Foster Wheeler to design BP delayed coker

Aug. 25, 2005

BP Oil Refineria de Castellon SA, a unit of BP PLC, let a contract to Foster Wheeler USA Corp. to supply a process design package for a 20,000 b/sd delayed coking plant in Spain. The contract's value was withheld.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 25 -- BP Oil Refineria de Castellon SA, a unit of BP PLC, let a contract to Foster Wheeler USA Corp. to supply a process design package for a 20,000 b/sd delayed coking plant in Spain. The contract's value was withheld.

The delayed coker, scheduled for completion in second quarter 2008, is part of BP's $100 million reconfiguration of its 120,000 b/sd refinery at Castellon de la Plana, Spain (OGJ Online, July 15, 2002).

Foster Wheeler, Clinton, NJ, will provide proprietary delayed coking technology.