Bilbao Refinery Project

Summary Information

• Refinery also known as Muskiz Refinery

• Ownership: Petronor (Repsol)
• Website: http://www.petronor.com/web/es/index.aspx (Spanish)
• Wiki Page: Bilbao Refinery
• Location: Bilbao, Spain
• Capacity: 1.8 million tons/annum & 36,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Project Stage: Completed
• Expected Completion: 2011
• Budget: 752 million euros

+++ The Project

• Project Type: Upgrade
• Project Summary:
  • The coking complex will be comprised of a 36,000 barrels per stream day delayed coker, which will use FW’s leading SYDECSM delayed coking technology, plus coke handling and storage facilities and a gas concentration unit.
  • The project aims to transform the heavier components of oil ("bottom of the barrel"), whose fate is the formulation of fuel oil, light products in greatest demand: liquefied gases (propane, butane), gasoline and diesel.
• Main Contractors:
  • **Foster Wheeler:** engineering, procurement and construction management of the delayed coking complex.
  • **Intecsa:** As a Cost-Plus-Fee contract, the project included the below execution areas:
    • FEED, front-end engineering and design, which was covered by a cost plus fee contract;
    • Complete detail engineering;
    • Procurement assistance, including inspection and expediting, being responsible for the preparation of all the purchasing inquiry package and purchase order technical documentation;
    • Supervision and technical assistance during construction
    • Commissioning and start up technical assistance.

+++ Refining Units

• Delayed coker - 36,000 barrels per day
• Gascon (50 kta);
• GLP Merox ( 100 kta);
• Butadiene hydrogenation (42 kta);
• Amine regeneration (1.088 kta);
• Sour water stripper (380 kta);
• Naphtha hydrodesulphurization (225kta);
• Flare gas recovery (13.000 Am3/h);
• Coke handling (475 t/h);
• Electrical substation (29 MW).

+++ Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

+++ Crude Supply

• The resulting increased conversion capacity at the site will make it possible to process heavier and sourer crudes

+++ Products Produced

• The project will significantly increase the middle distillate yield of the refinery.
• Fuel oil production will be reduced

+++ History

• 2007 - Foster Wheeler Wins Contract for the Delayed Coker Complex
• 2009 - Petronor receives EUR 400 million EIB loan
• 2011 - Project completed

+++ Other Information

• The project is being partly financed by EIB

+++ Relevant Links

1. Project Page (Spanish)
2. Foster Wheeler Wins Contract for a New Delayed Coker Complex for Petronor in Spain
3. EIB Project Page
4. Petronor receives EUR 400 million EIB loan for Muskiz plant
5. Adi-1000 Surplus Fuel-Oil Reduction Units