Project Profile
Value: US$1.7 billion
Location: Gdansk, Pomerania region of Northern Poland
Capacity: 10.5 million tonnes a year
Start-up Year: January 2011
The Grupa Lotos Gdansk refinery investment programme is part of the Comprehensive Technical Upgrade Programme (CTUP), which involves three contracts awarded in 2007. The Gdansk refinery is the second largest refinery in Poland. In December 2007 Technip was awarded a turnkey contract (engineering, procurement, construction), which is worth US$550 million to upgrade the Gdansk refinery. The investment involved the construction of a 45,000bpd (2.2 million tonnes a year) mild hydrocracking unit, which is based on technology licensed from Shell. This upgrade will increase the throughput capacity of the refinery by 75% to give a total processing capacity of 10.5 million tonnes a year with an improved conversion ratio. In August 2007 Fluor Corporation was awarded a US$275.3 millon contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services to build utilities and off-sites at the Gdansk refinery.
The project included the construction of a new tank farm, new interconnections, LPG washing unit, revamping of a high-voltage power distribution system, revamping of water systems and other outside battery limits units. The project enabled Grupa Lotos to comply with the EU requirements concerning the quality of diesel oils. Fluor started construction work on the US$1.7 billion project in February 2008 and the project was completed in February 2010. Production from the refinery began in January 2011. In October 2007 Lurgi (Krakow) was awarded a contract for the construction of a 4.5 million tonnes a year crude oil distillation unit at the Gdansk refinery. Lurgi also supplied a hydrogen unit (capacity of seven metric tonnes an hour) and a vacuum distillation unit. These units came on-stream in September 2009. They are expected to help the refinery\'s new throughput goal of 10.5 million tonnes a year. The hydrogen plant has the capability to process a number of different feedstocks including natural gas, naphtha and LPG. In December 2006, ABB was awarded a US$100 million EPC contract for a diesel desulphurisation project at the refinery.
Operators:
Grupa Lotos: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
ABB: EPC contract for a diesel desulphurisation project at the refinery
CB&I: License provider of a delayed coking unit (DCU)
Fluor Corporation: EPC management services to build utilities and off-sites at the refinery
Lurgi (Krakow): Construction of a crude oil distillation unit at the Gdansk refinery
Technip: Turnkey EPC contract to upgrade the Gdansk refinery, including construction of a mild hydrocracking unit