State-owned Emirates National Oil Co. (ENOC) of Dubai has let a contract to a division of Rotary Engineering Ltd., Singapore, to build additional tank storage as part of subsidiary ENOC Processing Co. LLC’s $1-billion Jebel Ali condensate refinery expansion project (OGJ Online, Aug. 18, 2016).
Rotary Engineering Fujairah FZE will build 12 storage tanks the refinery will use to store increased production of jet fuel, naphtha, and gasoline blend stocks following its planned capacity expansion to 210,000 b/sd from a current 140,000-b/sd processing capacity, Rotary Engineering said.
Alongside playing a key role in helping ENOC to meet UAE’s growing domestic demand for energy and becoming self-sufficient in domestic fuels, the proposed refinery expansion also forms part of the state-run firm’s commitment to increase its slate of oil products available for export to international markets, said ENOC Chief Executive Saif Humaid Al Falasi.
With UAE’s energy demand rising at about 9%/year and Dubai’s population alone anticipated to reach 5.2 million by 2030 from its current 2.5 million, ENOC will continue to invest in key projects to meet this constant growth, Al Falasi said.
ENOC previously let a contract to Technip Italy SPA, Rome, to deliver engineering, procurement, and construction services for a 70,000-b/sd condensate processing train as part of the Jebel Ali expansion, which alongside the new processing train, also will include the addition of an LPG-naphtha hydrotreater, an isomerization unit, a kerosine hydrotreater, and a diesel hydrotreater (OGJ Online, Sept. 19, 2016).
While Rotary Engineering did not disclose a value of the specific contract from ENOC, the service provider did confirm it forms part of a combined $120 million-worth of recent awards for refinery tank construction that includes an order from Thai Oil PCL as part of the expansion of its 275,000-b/sd Sriracha refinery, near Laem Chabang Port in Chonburi, Thailand (OGJ Online, Aug. 2, 2016).
Part of Thai Oil’s proposed Clean Fuel Project (CFP), the Sriracha refinery expansion will increase crude processing capacity to 410,000 b/sd as well as enable the refinery to upgrade low-value products such as fuel oil into higher-quality, low-sulfur products that will help meet growing demand in the region for cleaner transportation fuels.
Thai Oil’s CFP is scheduled for startup sometime in 2021-22, while ENOC’s Jebel Ali condensate refinery expansion project is due for commissioning by yearend 2019, the companies reported.
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