ADNOC Refining lets contract for grassroots refinery at Ruwais

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) subsidiary ADNOC Refining (formerly Takreer) has let a contract to John Wood Group PLC to deliver preliminary front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) for a refinery to be built in Ruwais, in the western region of Abu Dhabi (OGJ Online, May 14, 2018).

With a proposed nameplate capacity of 600,000 b/d, the new refinery will be designed to have full-conversion capability as well as the ability to be integrated with existing petrochemical infrastructure in Ruwais, Wood said.

As part of the contract—valued at $8 million—Wood will also provide services, including licensor selection, site master-plan development, scope of work for the FEED phase, as well as a schedule and cost estimate for the engineering, procurement, and construction phase.

Wood said it expects to complete the pre-FEED phase by yearend.

Once completed, the new refining and petrochemicals complex will become the world’s largest, the service provider said.

The latest contract follows ADNOC’s May 2018 announcement that it would expand refining capacity at Ruwais, now a combined 817,000 b/d, with the addition of a 600,000-b/d refinery and to expand petrochemical capacity at the complex as part of its broader $45-billion program to become a global downstream leader under a new combined model of strategic partnerships and investments (OGJ Online, Jan. 28, 2019).

A cornerstone of the downstream investment plan is expansion of the company’s existing refining capacity by more than 65% to 1.5 million b/d by 2025, ADNOC said.

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