Project Profile
Location: Jurong Island, Singapore
Storage capacity: 12 million barrels
Process Capacity: 290,000 bopd
Start-up Year: 2017
The Jurong Island Refinery is located in Jurong Island, an artificial island located to the southwest of the main island of Singapore, off Jurong Industrial Estate. In 1973 the refinery had its beginnings as part of the business activities under Singapore Petroleum Company Private Limited. In 1979 Singapore Refining Company Pte. Ltd. (SRC) was incorporated when the refinery became established as a joint venture between Singapore Petroleum Company Pte. Ltd. (today Singapore Petroleum Company Limited), British Petroleum Company Limited (today BP Singapore Pte. Ltd.) and the Caltex Petroleum Corporation (today Chevron Global Energy Inc.), making it the first joint processing refinery in South-east Asia.
On 1 July 1998 the refinery was restructured to operate as a discrete business unit with responsibility for its own bottom-line.
In June 2004 BP Singapore Pte. Ltd. divested its share of SRC, leaving Singapore Petroleum Company Limited and Chevron (namely through its two Singapore companies, Chevron Singapore Pte. Ltd. & Chevron Trading Pte. Ltd.) currently as equal Shareholders of the refinery.
From its original crude refining capacity of 70,000 bpd in 1979, the refinery has grown in size and complexity to be capable now of processing 290,000 bpd. The Refinery turns the crude oil into petrol, kerosene and jet fuel sold locally and abroad. The entire refinery manufacturing operations are controlled 24 hours by a network of computerised control systems which are overseen and managed by teams of highly trained personnel.
The total tankage of the refinery is 12 million barrels, of which 5.6 million barrels are for crude storage and 6.4 million barrels for products. The refinery complex has extensive berthing facilities including 6 berths handling the loading and discharge of crude and refined petroleum products. The berths can accommodate ships of up to 105,000 dwt (deadweight ton) with maximum length overall of 290 metres and 15 metres loaded draft.
The refining process begins at the Crude Distillation Units (CDUs), of which there are three in the refinery. The Crude Distillation Units are supported by downstream conversion complexes comprising: Catalytic Reformer Complex, Hydrocracker Complex, Visbreaker and Residue Catalytic Cracker Complex. The refinery’s catalytic reforming complex also houses a light-naphtha Merox unit.
New facilities under the JGC EPC contract included a gasoline-desulphurization unit (capacity of 26,000 barrels per stream day), an amine-treating unit, a heavy naphtha splitter and a two-train cogeneration unit (with a total power output of 72 MW). Project commissioning is expected by first half 2017.
Operators:
Singapore Refining Company (SRC) (JV of Singapore Petroleum Company Limited and Chevron): 100% interest
Contractors:
JGC Corporation: To carry out the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work for the construction of a gasoline clean fuels facility and a cogeneration plant at refinery. (February, 2014)
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.: Jacobs will deliver both preliminary front-end engineering design and FEED services for proposed upgrades to three of the complex’s existing processing units, including the naphtha splitter, naphtha hydrotreater, and catalytic reformer. (September, 2016)
Amec Foster Wheeler: FEED contract and and detailed engineering services for an upgrade of heater efficiency at SRC’s crude and vacuum units. (September, 2016)
- Development of an EPC management schedule for the project.