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News Release from: GE Oil and Gas | Subject: Saudi compressor trains
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 November 2007
Project for large scale ethylene plant
in Saudi
GE Oil and Gas will supply three compression trains for a new, large-scale 1.165 million tpy ethylene cracker plant in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia for Saudi Chevron Phillips
The new GE-supplied compression trains will consist of cracked gas, propylene refrigerant and binary refrigerant compressors The Saudi Chevron Phillips existing petrochemical complex in Al-Jubail includes an ethylbenzene unit, cyclohexane, and a world scale single-train styrene unit
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 6 Sep 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Included in the current complex expansion are polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene units along with required utilities storage facilities, feedstock and product pipelines, and port facilities.
"GE is honoured to be supporting Saudi Chevron Phillips on this world-class project as we expand our equipment installation in Saudi Arabia," said Joe Mastrangelo of GE Oil and Gas: "The utilisation of our steam turbine and centrifugal compressor technology will enable the new ethylene plant to handle all process requirements.
This project is a milestone for GE on several levels: it reinforces our position as a leader in supplying very large compressor trains, it signals our continued development of mechanical drive steam turbines and it underlines our increasing commitment to the downstream segment, in particular with ethylene.
The project also builds on our 35 years of experience in Saudi Arabia".
GE Oil and Gas is a world leader in very large compressor experience (up to 800 bar), with more than 3.2 million operating hours accumulated by 80 units currently in operation worldwide.
The compressor trains for the Saudi Chevron Phillips project are being manufactured by GE Oil and Gas at its facilities in Florence and Massa, in Italy.
The equipment is scheduled for delivery to the plant site between April and June 2009.
WorleyParsons International of Houston, Texas performed the front-end engineering and design work on the project.
In addition to the Saudi Arabia project, previously GE Oil and Gas had been selected to supply compressor trains for two milestone projects in China that will feature the world's largest coal-based propylene plants.
The two projects are the Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group plant in the Ningxia province of western China; and the Datang International Power Generation Co facility in Xilinguola, Inner Mongolia.
Both complexes will produce approximately 500,000 tons of polypropylene per year from coal when they enter commercial service in early 2009.
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