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Product category: Oil, Gas, Petrochemical Industry News
News Release from: Foster-Wheeler
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial Team on 10 August 2007

Refinery modernisation project in Italy

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Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction supervision services on a modernisation project at the IES Mantua refinery in northern Italy

The contract was won by Foster Wheeler Italiana of Milan from Italiana Energia e Servizi (IES) The refinery modernisation aims to produce automotive diesel complying with European Union ultra-low-sulphur specifications and reduce refinery emissions to the environment

The project has been awarded to Foster Wheeler under the terms of a three-year general framework agreement for engineering, procurement and construction management services signed with IES in 2006.

The contract includes new gasoil hydrodesulphurisation, sulphur recovery and amine washing units, a new flare system and utilities and offsites.

Foster Wheeler will also upgrade the existing mild hydrocracking and gasoil hydrodesulphurisation units, steam and electrical systems.

"We are extremely pleased with this award by IES, which follows our successful execution of the front-end engineering design for this modernisation project," said Marco Moresco, chief executive officer of Foster Wheeler Italiana: "We will spare no efforts in continuing to deliver our best performance to IES".

"We look forward to strengthening our business relationship with Foster Wheeler Italiana," said Adolfo Vannucci, managing director of IES: "Our approach to the management of this project is on a collaborative partnership basis and we are confident that Foster Wheeler will provide us with superior performance in the successful implementation of this project".

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