By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 7 -- Fortum, Finland-based Fortum Oil and its affiliate Neste Engineering Oy, Porvoo, Finland, are investing 500 million euros in a diesel project to expand Fortum Oil's Porvoo refinery.
Designed with a 200,000 b/d capacity crude unit, Parvoo currently has one 19,400 b/d hydrocracker. The companies are adding two additional hydrocracking reactors and three reciprocating compressors, all to be supplied by GE Energy of Atlanta, Ga.
Each 1,000 ton reactor will be manufactured and shipped in a single piece from GE Energy's Massa, Italy plant. The three "HG" series compressors, each of which can produce more than 8,000 kw of power, will be manufactured and tested at GE Energy's Florence, Italy facility.
The compressors will be shipped in the first quarter of 2005 and the reactors in the second quarter of 2005. The refinery expansion is expected to begin commercial operation in 2006.
