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=== Brief Description ===
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* The refinery is large and complex, with 4 crude trains and multiple cracking units. It can produce a full range of refined products meeting the latest specifications.
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* The site also has a large ethylene cracker
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* The refinery supplies raw materials to the [[Jurong Island Petrochemical Complex]]
  
 
=== Refining Units ===
 
=== Refining Units ===
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* Alkylation Units - 3,800
 
* Alkylation Units - 3,800
 
* Condensate splitter unit 70,000bpd
 
* Condensate splitter unit 70,000bpd
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=== Terminal Capacity ===
 
=== Terminal Capacity ===
 
* Crude Oil:
 
* Crude Oil:
 
* Refined Products:
 
* Refined Products:
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=== Crude Supply ===
 
=== Crude Supply ===
 
* The refinery can handle a wide range of crude oil
 
* The refinery can handle a wide range of crude oil
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=== Products Produced ===
 
=== Products Produced ===
 
* Gasoline
 
* Gasoline
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* Jet fuel
 
* Jet fuel
 
* Fuel Oil
 
* Fuel Oil
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=== Projects ===
 
=== Projects ===
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* The capacity of the refinery is to be reduced by a half
 
* On March 24nd 2010, Shell announced that its new ethylene cracker had been started up successfully.
 
* On March 24nd 2010, Shell announced that its new ethylene cracker had been started up successfully.
 
* The 100% Shell-owned ethylene cracker complex (ECC) has a capacity of 800,000 tonnes of ethylene per annum, as well as 450,000 tonnes of propylene and 230,000 tonnes of benzene.
 
* The 100% Shell-owned ethylene cracker complex (ECC) has a capacity of 800,000 tonnes of ethylene per annum, as well as 450,000 tonnes of propylene and 230,000 tonnes of benzene.
 
* Shell Merichem technologies for a revamp project to treat Propane/Propylene, Butane/Butylene & Light Cat-Cracked Gasoline streams in order to meet final product specifications.
 
* Shell Merichem technologies for a revamp project to treat Propane/Propylene, Butane/Butylene & Light Cat-Cracked Gasoline streams in order to meet final product specifications.
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=== Other Information ===
 
=== Other Information ===
 
* Some 90 percent of Bukom's products are exported to countries in the region and beyond.
 
* Some 90 percent of Bukom's products are exported to countries in the region and beyond.
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=== History ===
 
=== History ===
 
* Shell set up Singapore’s first oil refinery in 1961
 
* Shell set up Singapore’s first oil refinery in 1961
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* 2010 - FCC is revamped to 37,400 bpd (Chiyoda)
 
* 2010 - FCC is revamped to 37,400 bpd (Chiyoda)
 
* 2012 - Gas Oil desulphurisation unit & sulphur block completed
 
* 2012 - Gas Oil desulphurisation unit & sulphur block completed
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* 2020 - Shell announces it is to cut the capacity of the refinery in half
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* 2024 - Shell announced that it was to sell the company to CAPGC
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=== Links ===
 
=== Links ===
 
# [[Chiyoda Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units]]
 
# [[Chiyoda Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units]]
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:chiyoda:award-of-epcm-contract-for-pulau-bukom-refin Chiyoda: Award of EPCm Contract for Pulau Bukom Refinery Long Residue Catalytic Cracking Unit Revamp Project in Singapore]
 
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:chiyoda:award-of-epcm-contract-for-pulau-bukom-refin Chiyoda: Award of EPCm Contract for Pulau Bukom Refinery Long Residue Catalytic Cracking Unit Revamp Project in Singapore]
 
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:1351 Fire in Pulau Bukom Manufacturing Site]
 
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:1351 Fire in Pulau Bukom Manufacturing Site]
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# [https://abarrelfull.blogspot.com/2021/01/shell-singapore-outlines-path-to.html Shell Singapore Outlines Path To Transform Its Business In The Country]
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# [https://a-barrel-full.blogspot.com/2024/05/shell-to-sell-interest-in-singapore.html Shell to sell interest in Singapore Energy and Chemicals Park to CAPGC]
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Latest revision as of 09:13, 8 May 2024

Summary Information

  • Ownership: Shell
  • Website: http://www.shell.com/
  • List of Shell Refineries
  • Location: Bukom, Singapore
  • Capacity: 25 million tons/annum & 500,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:

Brief Description

  • The refinery is large and complex, with 4 crude trains and multiple cracking units. It can produce a full range of refined products meeting the latest specifications.
  • The site also has a large ethylene cracker
  • The refinery supplies raw materials to the Jurong Island Petrochemical Complex

Refining Units

  • CDU 1, CDU 2, CDU 3, CDU 4:115,000 bpd, Total: 500,000
  • Hydrocracker: 34,000 bpd
  • Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 37,400
  • Long Residue Catalytic Cracking Unit: 5,300 Tons/day
  • Platformer - 17,000 bpd
  • Thermal cracker 33,000 bpd
  • Visbreaker 33,000 bpd
  • Gas oil Desulphurisation - 45,000
  • Alkylation Units - 3,800
  • Condensate splitter unit 70,000bpd

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • The refinery can handle a wide range of crude oil

Products Produced

  • Gasoline
  • Ultra-low sulfur diesel
  • Jet fuel
  • Fuel Oil

Projects

  • The capacity of the refinery is to be reduced by a half
  • On March 24nd 2010, Shell announced that its new ethylene cracker had been started up successfully.
  • The 100% Shell-owned ethylene cracker complex (ECC) has a capacity of 800,000 tonnes of ethylene per annum, as well as 450,000 tonnes of propylene and 230,000 tonnes of benzene.
  • Shell Merichem technologies for a revamp project to treat Propane/Propylene, Butane/Butylene & Light Cat-Cracked Gasoline streams in order to meet final product specifications.

Other Information

  • Some 90 percent of Bukom's products are exported to countries in the region and beyond.

History

  • Shell set up Singapore’s first oil refinery in 1961
  • 1972 - Sulfur Recovery Unit added
  • 1990 - Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit & Alkylation UnitCommissioned
  • 1994 - Addition of platformer unit + gas oil desulphurisation unit(Chiyoda)
  • 2000 - A condensate splitter of 70,000 bpd is commissioned (Chiyoda)
  • 2007 - FCC revamp project started
  • 2010 - FCC is revamped to 37,400 bpd (Chiyoda)
  • 2012 - Gas Oil desulphurisation unit & sulphur block completed
  • 2020 - Shell announces it is to cut the capacity of the refinery in half
  • 2024 - Shell announced that it was to sell the company to CAPGC

Links

  1. Chiyoda Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units
  2. Chiyoda Catalytic Reforming Units
  3. Chiyoda Alkylation Units
  4. Chiyoda Condensate Splitter Units
  5. Chiyoda Sulfur Recovery Units
  6. Chiyoda H2S Removal Units With Amine
  7. Chiyoda Naphtha And Middle Distillate Hydrodesulfurization U
  8. Chiyoda Claus Tail Gas Treating Units
  9. Shell Singapore
  10. Energy Efficiency in Bukom pdf
  11. LRCC Efficiency Project
  12. Maintenance News 2009 Reuters
  13. Maintenance News 2007 Asia One
  14. Chiyoda Singapore Projects
  15. FIBER FILM® Contactor Technology Selected for Revamp Project in Shell Refinery in Singapore
  16. Chiyoda: Award of EPCm Contract for Pulau Bukom Refinery Long Residue Catalytic Cracking Unit Revamp Project in Singapore
  17. Fire in Pulau Bukom Manufacturing Site
  18. Shell Singapore Outlines Path To Transform Its Business In The Country
  19. Shell to sell interest in Singapore Energy and Chemicals Park to CAPGC