Chemex Modular to expand Niger Delta refinery
Chemex Modular, LLC reached terms in principle with its longtime client and business partner Niger Delta Petroleum Resources Ltd. ("NDPR") to expand NDPR's existing refining capacity from 1,000 bpd to 11 Mbpd. In addition to its existing diesel only production capacity, the expanded refinery will allow NDPR to supply increased diesel capacity, jet fuel, gasoline and marine diesel oil.
Chemex Modular designed and fabricated the existing NDPR refinery, commissioned in 2012 and utilized at full capacity since 2012. NDPR currently operates the only privately-held petroleum refinery in Nigeria.
Chemex Modular is proud to have been selected to provide the additional expansion equipment and technological services. The new units will include additional crude distillation units, a naphtha hydrotreater, a naphtha splitter, and a catalytic reforming unit for the production of gasoline. The expansion will provide numerous additional local jobs for skilled operators, technicians, and plant maintenance personnel.
Chemex Modular and NDPR expect commissioning of the expansion to occur in early 2018.
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