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Azikel Petroleum appoints Chemie Tech

as EPC contractor for modular refinery

NIGERIA AZIKEL Petroleum, a subsidiary of Nigeria’s It has also said it will install six processing units
Azikel Group, has appointed UAE-based Che- at the facility: a crude distillation unit (CDU)
mie Tech to serve as its engineering, procure- with a debutaniser, a catalytic reformer, a die-
ment and construction (EPC) contractor on a sel hydrotreater, a gasoline stabiliser, a naphtha
modular refinery project. hydrotreater and a naphtha splitter. The plant
Chemie Tech said last week that it had signed will also have storage facilities with a capacity of
a lump-sum, turn-key contract with Azikel 70,930 cubic metres.
Petroleum for work on a 12,000 barrel per day The refinery will eventually be able to pro-
(bpd) modular refinery. The Nigerian company duce LPG, gasoline, diesel, kerosene, jet fuel
wants to build the plant in Obunagha-Gbarain, and heavy residual fuel oil. It will use catalytic
a community in the Yenagoa local government reforming technology from the US company
area within Bayelsa State, it said. Honeywell UOP to turn out high-quality fuel
Under the contract, Chemie Tech will carry with an octane number of 89. For feedstock, it
out a wide range of tasks, including commis- will use Bonny Light grade crude oil and gas
sioning, pre-commissioning, construction, condensate from the nearby Gbarian-Ubie Shell
detailed engineering, fabrication, installation, gas gathering facility, which is operated by a sub-
procurement, residual process engineering, sidiary of Royal Dutch Shell. ™
testing and performance-guarantee test run
(PGTR) run operations. It will also be respon-
sible for all project management activities and
provide other services.
As of press time, the UAE-based company
had not revealed the value of the deal or the
expected start date for construction. It did note,
though, that it had won the contract from Azikel
Petroleum after carrying out front-end engi-
neering and design (FEED) work on the modu-
lar refinery’s outside battery limits (OSBL) areas,
as well as preliminary operations.
The project is running somewhat behind
schedule, as Azikel Petroleum had previously
said it hoped to bring the modular refinery on
line in 2018. The company has stated that it
intends to mount the plant’s modules on skids. Computer rendering of modular refinery plan (Photo: Azikel Petroleum)

ABB set to provide electrical

systems for Mozambique LNG

MOZAMBIQUE ABB, the Swedish-Swiss engineering concern, not reveal the value of the deal but said it would
has agreed to provide “comprehensive inte- execute the contract over a 26-month period.
grated and intelligent electrical systems” for the During that interval, it said, several of ABB’s
Mozambique LNG project. international divisions will team up to construct,
Last week, the company said in a statement deliver and install the end-to-end electrification
that it had won a contract from CCS, the joint scheme. ABB Singapore will lead the effort by
venture established by Chiyoda (Japan), McDer- building “14 large onshore electrical houses
mott (US) and Saipem (Italy) to provide engi- (e-houses) or prefabricated electrical substation
neering, procurement and construction (EPC) buildings (PESB) specifically designed for oil
services for the Mozambique LNG group. It did and gas applications,” it said.

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