Project Profile
Location: Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico
Capacity: 16.0 million tons/annum & 320,000 bbl/day (expansion plan to 340,000 b/d, 2018)
Start-up Year: 1977 (modernisation, second-quarter 2018)
The Miguel Hidalgo refinery is located in Tula in the Hidalgo state of Mexico. Located about 150km from Mexico City, the refinery is owned and operated by Mexican oil company Pemex. The refinery was built in March 1976 and put into operation in 1977. In 1995, Fagioli PSC was contracted to erect four heavy oil reactors at the refinery. Each reactor weighed 1,310t and was 45m long with a diameter of 6m. Scope of work for Fagioli included raising the reactors vertically, rotating them through 1800 and placing them over their foundations. In 1997, the refinery operations commenced, with a capacity of 165,000 bpd. In 1987, the refinery expanded to 320,000 bpd.
ABB Automation won a contract in October 2000 to supply control and instrumentation systems to the refinery. The US$4.2m contract was part of a refinery modernisation programme. In October 2003, Emerson Process Management, a unit of Emerson, was awarded a US$3.9m contract for automating the alkylation plant of the refinery. Emerson used its PlantWeb architecture to automate the alkylation plant. The plant produces high-octane gasoline at the refinery. In 2010, Saipem were awarded US$800 million EPC contract for two desulphurisation units and two amine regeneration units. ECIS Group was responsible for the procurement of purging and flushing systems and other bulk materials. Hanol Technology provided heat transfer design services for the refinery in 2000. AICO Corporation provided inspection and technical services for the refinery between September 2000 and December 2001. In November 2015, Pemex decided the modernization of the refinery. Valued at a total of US$1.1 billion, the refinery’s upgrade, which, once completed, will increase its processing capacity to 340,000 b/d. Mechanical completion of the refinery’s modernization is scheduled for second-quarter 2018.
Operators:
Pemex: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
ABB Automation: Supply control and instrumentation systems
AICO Corporation: Inspection and technical services
Bechtel: Process design of a delayed-coking unit
Emerson Process Management: Automating the alkylation plant
ECIS Group: Procurement of purging and flushing systems
Fagioli PSC: Erect four heavy oil reactors
Hanol Technology: Heat transfer design service
ICA Fluor:
- Develop the first phase of the overall project to reconfigure the Miguel Hidalgo Refinery
- Contract to provide additional services related to the modernization and expansion of the 315,000-b/d Miguel Hidalgo refinery in Tula, Hidalgo state. Valued at a total of US$1.1 billion, the contract includes delivery of detailed engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for utilities and off sites associated with the refinery’s upgrade, which, once completed, will increase its processing capacity to 340,000 b/d. Fluor will book its US$550-million share of the EPC contract during fourth-quarter 2015. Mechanical completion of the refinery’s modernization is scheduled for second-quarter 2018. (November 2015)
Saipem: EPC contract
Fluor Corporation with Empresas ICA: EPC contract for the delayed coker unit that will be installed at the Miguel Hidalgo Refinery in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico. This Phase II contract involves providing detailed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the 86,000-barrels-per-day capacity plant. The mechanical completion of the project is scheduled for the second quarter of 2018. (December 2014)