Jacobs gets Afipsky Refinery contract

April 10, 2012

Afipsky Refinery has let a contract to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. covering a basic engineering package for an amine regenerator unit, sour water stripper, and an expected 55 ton/day sulfur recovery unit.

Bob Tippee

Capacity of the refinery when the En+ Group sold it to the private NefteGazIndustria Group in 2010 was reported at 72,000 b/d. Located in the Krasnodarskij Region of Russia, the refinery serves local markets.

Jacobs Engineering said units covered by its contract are part of a refinery extension project including a hydrotreater and visbreaker unit.

It will work with the engineering firm Giprogazoochistka, Moscow, a specialist in gas treating and sulfur recovery units.

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Bob Tippee has been chief editor of Oil & Gas Journal since January 1999 and a member of the Journal staff since October 1977. Before joining the magazine, he worked as a reporter at the Tulsa World and served for four years as an officer in the US Air Force. A native of St. Louis, he holds a degree in journalism from the University of Tulsa.