Project Profile
Value: US$3.7bn
Location: Mostorod, Cairo (Arab Republic of Egypt)
Hydrogen Production Unit (HPU): 100,000 Nm3/h capacitySulphur Recovery Unit (SRU): 3 x 162.5 ton/day capacity Tail Gas Treatment unit (TGT): 325 ton/day capacityAmine Processing Unit: 90 m3/h capacity
Start-up Year: 1Q 2017
Egyptian Refinery Company (ERC) is building a new refinery in Mostorod, Cairo (Arab Republic of Egypt). The units to be built are:
• one Hydrogen Production Unit (HPU) of 100,000 Nm3/h capacity;
• three Sulphur Recovery Units (SRU) of 162.5 ton/day capacity each;
• one Tail Gas Treatment unit (TGT) of 325 ton/day capacity;
• one Amine Processing Unit of 90 m3/h capacity.The new units are part of the project developed by the Egyptian Refinery Company (ERC), which involves the construction of a refinery for the production of fuels and other petroleum products, in line with the latest international environmental standards.
The new Citadel refinery at the Mostorod Petroleum Complex is being constructed in an industrial area situated 10km to the north of Cairo, on land that was provided by the CORC. The new project requires an investment of US$3.7bn and preparatory work started on the project in September 2007.
The project management consultant is WorleyParsons of Australia and the main EPC contract worth US$1.8bn was given in August 2007, to the JV of Mitsui of Japan and GS Engineering & Construction of South Korea. GS will carry out the engineering and construction element, with Mitsui providing procurement services.
The plant will include a two-million-tonnes-a-year unit for the production of high-quality diesel. The other complex units will include an 80,000bpd vacuum distillation unit (VDU), along with a 40,000bpd hydrocracker that can transform lower-quality products into the middle distillates which are in high demand. The crude distillation units are being constructed by ENPPI. Annual capacity at the refinery will be five million tonnes or (100,000 bpd) of refined products (2.5 million tonnes of diesel oil when the complex is complete).
The plant will be operated by the Egyptian Refining Company (ERC) in conjunction with CORC. The project is being financed by a debt / equity split of about 65:35 (debt from medium and long-term bank loans). Citadel owns 85% of the ERC and EGPC has 15%.
Operators:
Egyptian Refinery Company (ERC): Operator
Cairo Oil Refining Co (CORC)
Contractors:
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A: Engineering and Procurement contract for the realization of some processing units
WorleyParsons: Project management consultant.
JV - Mitsui of Japan and GS Engineering & Construction of South Korea: EPC contract. (August, 2007)