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=== The Project === | === The Project === | ||
− | Project Type: Greenfield Refinery | + | * Project Type: Greenfield Refinery |
− | Project Summary: The New Refinery Project is a 615,000 bpd grassroots refinery to be built in Kuwait and will consist of over 15 process units plus buildings, utilities and offsite facilities. | + | * Project Summary: The New Refinery Project is a 615,000 bpd grassroots refinery to be built in Kuwait and will consist of over 15 process units plus buildings, utilities and offsite facilities. |
− | Main Contractors | + | * Main Contractors |
− | AMEC: Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract | + | ** AMEC: Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract |
− | Honeywell: Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) | + | ** Honeywell: Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) |
− | UOP: Licences for various units | + | ** UOP: Licences for various units |
− | Fluor / Daewoo / Hyundai : EPC package for a variety of key process units, utilities and infrastructure | + | ** Fluor / Daewoo / Hyundai : EPC package for a variety of key process units, utilities and infrastructure |
− | Cancelled Contracts | + | * Cancelled Contracts |
− | HDEC received the fifth package worth around U$ 1.12 billion to build the marine facilities | + | ** HDEC received the fifth package worth around U$ 1.12 billion to build the marine facilities |
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=== Refining Units === | === Refining Units === | ||
Residuum Hydrotreater Complex - 330,000 BPSD - Chevron Lummus Global | Residuum Hydrotreater Complex - 330,000 BPSD - Chevron Lummus Global |
Revision as of 08:42, 22 October 2020
Contents
Summary Information
- Also known as Al Zoor Refinery Project
- Ownership: KNPC
- Website: http://www.knpc.com.kw/
- Wiki Page: Al Zour Refinery
- Location: Kuwait
- Capacity: 30.75 million tons/annum & 615,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Project Stage: Commissioning
- Expected Completion: 2020
- Budget:
The Project
- Project Type: Greenfield Refinery
- Project Summary: The New Refinery Project is a 615,000 bpd grassroots refinery to be built in Kuwait and will consist of over 15 process units plus buildings, utilities and offsite facilities.
- Main Contractors
- AMEC: Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract
- Honeywell: Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS)
- UOP: Licences for various units
- Fluor / Daewoo / Hyundai : EPC package for a variety of key process units, utilities and infrastructure
- Cancelled Contracts
- HDEC received the fifth package worth around U$ 1.12 billion to build the marine facilities
Refining Units
Residuum Hydrotreater Complex - 330,000 BPSD - Chevron Lummus Global 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) RFCC complex with ethylene and propylene recovery, 24,000 bpd Honeywell UOP SelectfiningTM unit to produce low-sulfur gasoline. Two Honeywell UOP Merox™ units UOP Ethermax™ unit Butamer™ unit CCR Platforming™ unit, 66,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) naphtha hydrotreater, 74,000 bpd LD Parex™ aromatics complex — including the Honeywell UOP Sulfolane™, Isomar™ and Tatoray™ processes Oleflex™ propane dehydrogenation unit, 660,000 metric tons per year
Terminal Capacity
Crude Oil: Refined Products:
Crude Supply
Will process Kuwait Export, Medium and Heavy grade crudes
Products Produced
The refinery will produce 225,000BPSD of low sulfur Fuel Oil(1.0wt.%Sulfur)to meet the growing demand of power generation plants in Kuwait. Will produce 340,000 bpd of export products
History
2012 - Project expected to be restarted 2012 - AMEC awarded $528 million Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract 2013 - Honeywell awarded ICSS contract 2015 - Fluor awarded EPC contract 2017 - UOP awarded contracts for upgrading
Other Information
Due to political problems, the project was cancelled. However, it is now going to be revived
Links
- KNPC, Projects
- SK E&C Receives Orders for Plant Construction in Amount of $2.06 Billion
- Chevron Lummus Global Selected by Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation to Build World’s Largest Residuum Hydrotreater Complex
- Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. tops U$ 5 Billion in New Orders from Overseas
- AMEC awarded $528 million new refinery contract by KNPC, Kuwait
- Honeywell To Automate Systems For Largest Refinery In The Middle East
- Fluor Awarded Kuwait’s Al-Zour Contracts
- Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company to Expand Al-Zour Refinery with Honeywell Technology
- Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company to Expand Al-Zour Refinery with Honeywell Technology