FEED pact let for Greek refinery upgrade

Hellenic Petroleum SA has let a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract to a unit of Foster Wheeler Ltd. for the upgrade of the 100,000 b/cd Elefsina refinery in Greece. The terms of the contract were not disclosed.

March 21, 2006

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Mar. 21 -- Hellenic Petroleum SA has let a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract to a unit of Foster Wheeler Ltd. for the upgrade of the 100,000 b/cd Elefsina refinery in Greece. The terms of the contract were not disclosed.

The work includes the selection of technology licensors for a 48,500 b/sd vacuum distillation unit, a 20,000 b/sd coking unit, a 40,000 b/sd hydrocraker, 95,000 cu m/hr of hydrogen, a sour water stripper, an ammine recovery unit, a 190 tonne/d sulfur recovery unit, and tail gas treating offsites and utilities.

Foster Wheeler Italiana SpA will coordinate the licensors during the FEED phase. It also will provide a complete process design package and carry out basic engineering; preparation of studies for permits; early procurement; and preparation of the invitation to bid package for the engineering, procurement, and construction phase.

The FEED phase of the project is to be complete by the end of 2006.