Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced in the last week that its Milan-based Foster Wheeler Italiana S.p.A. subsidiary has been awarded a services contract by Mariisky NPZ Ltd for the planned expansion of the crude oil Mari-El refinery, located in the Republic of Mari-El, Russian Federation.
The objective of the expansion is to increase the refinery’s crude processing capacity from 27,000 barrels per stream day (BPSD) to 90,000 BPSD and further increase its ability to convert lower-value products into higher-value products.
Mariisky NPZ Ltd, a private company which owns and operates the refinery, plans to install a new refinery train including new crude and vacuum distillation units, hydrocracking, hydrodesulfurization, amine and sulfur recovery units based on Shell technology. A solvent de-asphalting unit, and a hydrogen production unit based on Foster Wheeler technology, as well as sour water stripping facilities are also to be implemented.
In addition, a power plant will be built to burn asphalt from a solvent de-asphalting unit to produce steam for electric power generation for the refinery and for export to a public network. Nitrogen oxide and sulfur oxide removal systems will be installed to clean the boiler flue gases.
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