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News Release from: Foster-Wheeler | Subject: Bangchak refinery
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 March 2007
Hydrogen reformer supply contract for
Thailand
Foster Wheeler has won a further contract to supply terrace-wall reformer and fired heater technology for hydrogen production, this time for the Bangchak Refinery in Thailand
Foster Wheeler has been awarded an engineering and materials supply contract for a Terrace-Wall reformer and three fired heaters for a Bangchak Petroleum project at its refinery in Thailand The contract was placed by CTCI Corporation, the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) prime contractor for this Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Product Quality Improvement project
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 2 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The objective of the project is to upgrade fuel oil to produce higher-value products such as gasoline, kerosene and diesel.
The project includes a hydrogen production plant, which will use steam-reforming technology licensed from Foster Wheeler, and a Foster Wheeler Terrace-Wall reformer.
The hydrogen production plant will have the capacity to produce 40 million standard cubic feet per day, or 44,680 normal cubic meters per hour, of high-purity hydrogen.
The hydrogen production plant is planned for operation by mid-2008.
Foster Wheeler will also supply three fired heaters for the vacuum distillation and hydrocracker units.
"This award further strengthens the excellent Foster Wheeler relationship with the Bangchak Refinery.
We first worked at the refinery in 1995, on the successful clean fuels project," said Steve Davies, chairman and chief executive officer, Foster Wheeler Energy: "This award also reinforces our position as a leading supplier of technology and reformers for hydrogen production, in particular where heavier feedstocks are processed that require pre-reformer technology".
The Foster Wheeler Terrace-Wall reformer features a unique firing arrangement within a sloped-wall radiant section, enabling long catalyst and catalyst tube life, and it can be designed for natural draft operation, providing additional operational, reliability and cost benefits.
Foster Wheeler has supplied over 200 Terrace-Wall steam reformers to refining and petrochemical industries in more than 40 countries worldwide.
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