Foster Wheeler wins design, EPC contract for Thailand refinery upgrade
Thai Oil awarded a contract to Foster Wheeler AG for basic design as well as engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services for the emission improvement and PSA-3 project at Thai Oil’s refinery in Sriracha, Thailand.
The terms of the award were not disclosed, and the contract values were included in the Foster Wheeler’s first-quarter 2011 bookings.
The project’s objectives are to give the refinery greater flexibility in the crudes it can process, Foster Wheeler said, specifically to enable the refinery to process higher sulfur crudes, to upgrade fuel oil to more valuable end products and to meet new sulfur oxides (SOx) emissions regulations in Thailand.
Residue production will be reduced through the application of deep cut vacuum technology, which helps mitigate the effects of heavier crude slates. In addition, new sour gas handling facilities will be installed, including a sulfur recovery unit and a tail gas treatment unit, and hydrogen production capacity will be expanded by installation of a new pressure swing adsorption unit.
Foster Wheeler’s scope also includes a significant element of revamp work, the company said.
The project is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2013.
“Foster Wheeler has enjoyed a long track record of successful projects in Thailand, and specifically for Thai Oil at Sriracha,” said Umberto della Sala, interim CEO of Foster Wheeler AG.
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