Colombia Ecopetrol begins refinery expansion

14 November 2008 19:16  [Source: ICIS news]

HOUSTON (ICIS news)--Colombian state petroleum company Ecopetrol has awarded a contract for its upgrade project at the Barrancabermeja refinery, a contractor said on Friday.

The contractor, Foster Wheeler, said its contracts cover front-end engineering design and project management consultancy. The value of the contract was not disclosed.

When completed, the project will increase the refining capacity at Barrancabermeja to 300,000 bbl/day from 250,000/day, Foster Wheeler said.

After the upgrades, Barrancabermeja will be able to process heavy crude, Foster Wheeler said. Also, the complex will meet Colombia's clean-fuels-product specifications, which go into effect in 2013.

The upgrade project will add the following units:

Crude unit

Delayed coker

Hydrocracker unit

Coker naphtha hydrotreating unit

Hydrogen unit

Sour-water strippers

Amine regeneration unit

Sulphur recover unit

Source: Foster Wheeler 

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