New delayed coker complex for Repsol YPF

Foster Wheeler Iberia has won a Repsol YPF contract for the detailed engineering, procurement and construction management of a new delayed coker complex at its refinery at Cartagena in southeast Spain

The coking complex consists of a 53,000 barrels per stream day (bpsd) delayed coker unit, which will use the leading Foster Wheeler Sydec technology, a gas concentration unit and a 90,000 bpsd vacuum distillation unit.

In 2007, Foster Wheeler Iberia was awarded a separate contract for the design and supply of the coker fired heaters which are an integral part of the coker unit.

This award follows the successful completion of the process design package for the delayed coker unit by the Foster Wheeler coking centre of excellence in Houston, and the front-end engineering design by Foster Wheeler Iberia.

The basic design of the vacuum distillation unit has already been completed by Foster Wheeler Iberia.

"We are very pleased that Repsol YPF has selected our delayed coking technology and our project execution expertise for this important project," commented Jesus Cadenas, chief executive officer of Foster Wheeler Iberia: "This award follows the similar recent award to us of the coker complex for the Petronor Somorrostro Refinery in Spain.

The Petronor refinery is majority owned by Repsol YPF".

Foster Wheeler Sydec process is a thermal conversion process used by refiners worldwide to upgrade heavy residue feed and process it into high-value transport fuels.

The Sydec process achieves maximum clean liquid yields and minimum fuel coke yields.

Foster Wheeler is a market leader in delayed coking and has supplied its delayed coking process technology worldwide for over 80 new cokers and has worked on more than 70 delayed coker revamps.

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