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TechnipFMC wins $1bn+ contract

for Egyptian hydrocracker

EGYPT INTERNATIONAL contractor TechnipFMC products. These other products will include
has bagged a contract worth over $1bn to build a naphtha, LPG, coke and sulphur.
The complex will new hydrocracking complex in Egypt. “Assiut is considering one of the major
produce up to 2.8mn The engineering, procurement and con- strategic projects needed to meet growing
tpy of diesel and other struction (EPC) contract was awarded by Assiut local demand for cleaner products, and we are
products. National Oil Processing Vo. (ANOPC), and cov- extremely honoured to have been selected by
ers new processing units for vacuum distillation ANOPC to contribute to the largest refining
diesel hydrocracking, delayed coking, distillate project to be implemented in Upper Egypt,”
hydrotreating and hydrogen production. It also MacGregor said.
involves work on other processing units, inter- TechnipFMC is working with ANOPC to ful-
connections, offsites and utilities. fil the remaining conditions so that work under
“This award demonstrates TechnipFMC’s the contract can commence. The deal was put
long-standing relationship with the Egyptian together in February.
petroleum sector and strengthens our exper- Egyptian Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla
tise in the delivery of complex projects in the said separately that the hydrocracking complex
country,” Technip Energies president Catherine would cost $2.8bn in total, up from a previous
MacGregor said. estimate of $2.5bn. Its construction will help
Earlier, TechnipFMC undertook front-end meet growing domestic fuel demand and curb
engineering and design (FEED) work for the reliance on imports. It is slated to be completed
project, under a contract signed in 2018. Tech- in 2022, although Egyptian authorities have not
nipFMC described the new contract as “major,” said whether the schedule has been affected by
meaning it has a value of $1bn or above. the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The hydrocracking complex will convert low- Egypt is developing a raft of new refining and
value fuel oil from the nearby Assiut oil refinery, petrochemical projects, to add value to its hydro-
some 400 km south of Cairo, into around 2.8mn carbon resources and bolster domestic supply of
tonnes per year (tpy) of Euro-5 diesel and other key fuels and other products. ™

Dangote makes progress

at Nigerian refinery

NIGERIA NIGERIAN private industrial conglomerate Due for completion by the end of 2022, it will
Dangote is making progress in the construction be the world’s largest single-train refinery upon
Nigeria is heavily reliant of the 650,000 barrel per day (bpd) Lekki oil commissioning, boasting a 650,000 bpd oil dis-
on fuel imports, as its refinery, set to become the country’s biggest oil tillation unit, a 3.5mn tonne per year polypropyl-
own main refineries processing plant. ene unit, a 3mn tpy urea unit, and gas processing
are loss-making and Installation of key equipment is proceeding, capabilities.
in need of repair and Swiss supplier Sulzer Chemtech said on July 6, According to Sulzer, the refinery’s process-
modernisation. noting it had finished the design and supply of ing units will contain more than 65 columns
internals for all of the refinery’s columns, which needing more than 15 static mixers. The major
contractors are now erecting under the guidance units include a residue fluid catalytic cracker, a
of its engineers. mild hydrocracker, an alkylation unit, a naph-
After multiple rounds of design checks, engi- tha hydrofining unit, and catalytic reforms for
neering studies and discussions with technology the production of Euro-5 standard gasoline and
licensors, Sulzer Chemtech was able to redesign diesel, as well as jet fuel.
the internals for the refinery, which was earlier State-owned Nigerian National Petroleum
planned to have a processing capacity of only Corp. (NNPC) also wants to build a 200,000 bpd
500,000 bpd. condensate refinery to help Nigeria with its fuel
Nigeria is heavily reliant on fuel imports, as issues. Private developers are also building small-
its own main refineries are loss-making and in sized modular refineries. NNPC also wants to
need of repair and modernisation. Dangote’s revamp its existing refineries in Kaduna, Port
project is the only major new refinery being Harcourt and Warri, so that they can operate at
built, with an investment cost exceeding $12bn. profit, but first it needs investors. ™

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