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DMEA REFINING DMEA
US firm to provide services
for Egyptian flare gas project
AFRICA EGYPT’S Korra Energi, a specialised provider of facility’s modernisation project, which is
integrated electromechanical engineering solu- expected to increase capacity by 10-25%.
tions, has reached a deal worth $10mn with an According to the USTDA, the facility is oper-
unnamed US company to supply technology sys- ating at near capacity while “efficiency gains at
tems and equipment for the Amreya Petroleum the refinery would permit it to produce up to
Refining Co.’s (APRC) flare gas recovery project, two percent more volume of refined products
media sources reported. from the same volume of crude oil, an increase
The project is being implemented in co-op- in the amount of approximately 540,000 barrels
eration with the Egyptian Maintenance Co. (San of refined products annually”. This equates to
Masr) and is expected to be completed within around 1,500 bpd of additional capacity.
eleven months. A request for proposals (RFP) was made
According to company sources, about 80% available, which outlines the three key pillars
of project engineering design work has been of the modernisation project: overall efficiency,
completed. process configuration and automation.
The project’s production capacity is estimated The unnamed firm is expected to receive a
at about 100,000 barrels (bbl) of butane and $705,924 grant from the USTDA.
3,500 bbl of condensates annually, in addition to Established in 1997, Korra Energi is highly
1.4bn cubic feet (39.6mn cubic metres) per year specialised in providing integrated, customised,
of hydrogen to be used as an alternative fuel for innovative and value added engineering solu-
natural gas in furnaces. tions in Egypt and the MENA region. It boasts
Amreya refinery has a current production a team of 530 qualified and experienced engi-
capacity of 81,000 barrels per day (bpd) neers and technicians offering clients an array
The US Trade and Development Agency of services to fulfil their commercial and energy
(USTDA) is supporting the project for the requirements.
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