Project Profile
Value: US$10,000 million
Location: 240 kilometres west of Abu Dhabi city, UAE
Start-up Year: 2014
The Ruwais Refinery was commissioned in June, 1981, and was inaugurated officially in March 1982. The project is expected to be started up by 2014. Soon after commissioning the original 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) Hydro skimming refinery in June 1981, plans were drawn up to add a 27,000 bpd Hydro cracker complex that was started in 1985. To consolidate operations, the General Utilities Plant, set up in 1982 to provide electricity and water for the area, was merged with the Refinery in 1986.
The following are the Refinery Installations:
Crude Distillilation and Desalting Unit
Naphtha HydroDesulphurisation Unit
Catalytic Reformer Unit
Kerosene HydroTreater Unit
Heavy Gas Oil HydroDesulphuriser Unit
Vacuum Unit
Unibon Unit
Hydrogen Unit
Sour Water Stripping Unit
Acid Gas removal Unit
Refinery Utilities
Tank Farm and Offsites
Marine Terminal
Unleaded Gasoline Unit
Green Diesel
General Utility Plant
BeAAT Plant (Central Environmental Facilities)
The total value of the expansion is around US$10,000 million.
Operator:
Takreer: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
Bechtel: FEED contract
Ed. Züblin: Build the “non-process buildings”
Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd: Tankage and associated interconnecting piping package
Dredging International: Dredging Package
Foster Wheeler: Main feasibility study
Flour: PMC contract
GS Engineering & Construction: Residual fluid catalytic cracker unit and marine facility
GTC Technology: Design and supply mass transfer equipment
Hyundai Engineering: engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract
Jacobs Engineering: FEED package contract
Metso Corp.: to supply valve technology to its 350,000-b/d Ruwais refining complex
Mott MacDonald: Overseeing EPC contract
SK Engineering & Construction: Crude distillation unit and sulphur recovery facilities
Saipem: Develop the new expansion
Samsung Engineering: Offsites and utilities contract
Shaw Group: Project management
Technip: FEED contract
Washington Enterprises Emirates: FEED for a sulphur-handling facility
WorleyParsons: PMC contract
Al Hassan: Manufacturing contract for operations concerning the Ruwais refinery expansion. The contract involves the manufacture, supply, test and commission new three-way valves that will be used at a hydrocracker plant being built at the refinery. The contract is worth US$1.9 million and to be complete within 12 months of its production starting date. (December 2014)
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.: Contract from Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer) for front end engineering and design (FEED) services for the Waste Heat Recovery Project at the general utilities plant (GUP) at Ruwais Refinery. Jacobs has been contracted to provide FEED services that focus on improving efficiency at the GUP to enhance power generation and water production, while reducing adverse environmental impacts. The additional power and water is expected to cater to the increased demand resulting from the on-going expansion of the Ruwais Industrial Area and residential complex. (December 2015)
Amec Foster Wheeler: FEED for additional gasoline and aromatics
Axens: Technology supply contract for additional gasoline and aromatics
Sub contractors:
AMB-Hertel: Insulation and scaffolding contract
CB&I: Propylene storage tanks
Essar Projects: Civil works awarded by Samsung
Mesc Group: Supply instrumentation cables
Mohammad Al Mojil Group: Build an engine oil factory