Plant Watch Top 10 Engineering Projects of August 2022

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PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of August 2022’ from all over the world. Right from Wood securing a 100 million dollar+ contract for a unique olefin complex in Europe to Eurotecnica winning a contract for the world’s largest melamine plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Petrofac Awarded EPC Project in Algeria

Aug 06 – An EPC contract worth 200 million dollars might go to Petrofac. The Tinrhert EPC2 Development Project in Algeria will provide a new Central Processing Facility (CPF) with inlet separation and decarbonization units.

The scope of work also includes tie ins to the existing Alrar Separation and Boosting Facilities, which Petrofac originally helped deliver in 2018, along with commissioning, start-up and performance testing. When completed, the development will boost natural gas production and remove CO2 from the field’s gas reserves, within specifications for the global market, enabling further economic growth in-country.

Wood Wins 100 Million Dollar+ Contract for Unique Olefin Complex in Europe

Aug 10 – Aberdeen/UK – Wood has secured a new contract with Ineos in excess of 100 million dollars to deliver engineering, procurement, and construction management services for Project One, a new state-of-the-art petrochemicals complex in Antwerp, Belgium, which will deliver an ethane cracker with the lowest carbon footprint in Europe.

Effective immediately, the four-year contract will be delivered by Wood’s Projects business unit. The scope is focused on the outside battery limit facilities for the ethane cracker and follows the successful completion of front-end engineering design for the facility. Wood’s integrated project management team will also continue to oversee the project, working closely with the Ineos project team.

World’s First Industrial-Scale Alternative Animal Feed Production Unit is Now Complete

Aug 12 – With demand for protein from the world’s rapidly growing population expected to rise, commissioning is now underway at the world’s first industrial-scale Feedkind facility in Chongqing, China. The facility, designed and built ahead-of-schedule by a consortium of Black & Veatch and Shanghai LBT Engineering & Technology Co., will produce 20,000 tons of low carbon animal feed annually.

The facility was developed by Calysseo Chongqing Co., a joint venture between worldwide animal nutrition leader Adisseo and protein innovator Calysta.

The consortium executed the full engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) scope for the facility located in the Changshou Economic and Technological Development Area (CETDA), Chongqing Province, China.

As the consortium leader, Black & Veatch provided project management, process design and global procurement expertise. The company provided overall project management and procurement for tagged equipment, instrumentation and control systems. The project was delivered ahead-of-schedule and recorded more than 1.3 million reportable accident- and incident-free hours.

Eurotecnica Secures Contract for World’s Largest Melamine Plant

Aug 16 – Eurotecnica, the technology arm of the Proman family of companies has recently announced the award by Xinji Energy Chemical Co. of a contract for the implementation of the largest high pressure melamine plant in the world with a 120,000 ton per year capacity.

Xinji Energy Chemical Co. has selected Eurotecnica’s ultimate 5th generation (G5) proprietary Euromel technology for the design and implementation of this landmark project.

Xinjiang Xuefeng, the group Xinji belongs to, is already the largest melamine producer in the world, and has chosen Eurotecnica’s Euromel because it features the lowest energy consumption on the market.

Mc Dermott Wins Pre-Feed Contract for H2Perth Project in Australia

Aug 17 – Mc Dermott International has been awarded a Pre Front-End Engineering Design (Pre-Feed) contract from Woodside Energy for the proposed H2Perth project located in the Kwinana/Rockingham area in Western Australia.

Under the contract scope Mc Dermott will provide pre-Feed services for a proposed export-scale production facility for renewable and lower-carbon hydrogen and ammonia. Hydrogen will be produced using electrolysis technologies and natural gas reforming with carbon emissions abated or offset.

Wood Wins Two Projects Worth 200+ Million Dollars in Uzbekistan

Aug 19 – Wood has secured two new contracts from Enter Engineering with a combined value of over 200 million dollars, to deliver major capital investment projects in Uzbekistan.

The first will see Wood’s Projects business deliver the full engineering scope, including Feed and detailed design, for a world-class mineral processing plant. The MOF-3 copper-concentration complex, located in the city of Almalyk, will also require Wood’s technical assistance during the procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up stages to deliver the world’s largest copper concentrator.

Wood will also provide detailed engineering and procurement assistance services to build a new methanol-to-olefin (MTO) based gas-chemical complex, located in the Bukhara region. The petrochemical plant will produce highly sought-after hydrocarbon derivatives for a range of industries, including agriculture, pharmaceutical, and textile manufacturing.

The intricate work scope will involve delivering five process units including methanol, methanol to olefin, mono-ethylene glycol, low-density polyethylene, and polypropylene. In addition, the applied intelligence team within Wood’s Consulting business will develop a tailored digital strategy to integrate the control systems of the entire complex.

Lummus Technology Wins Two Major Technology Contracts in China

Aug 24 – Lummus Technology has recently announced two major technology awards from Fujian Eversun New Material Co. Fujian Eversun selected Lummus’ Catofin technology for a new 900 KTA propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit and Lummus’ Novolen technology for a new 800 KTA polypropylene unit at its complex in Fujian Province, China.

Lummus’ scope includes the license for the Catofin and Novolen technologies, basic design engineering, training, services and catalyst supply. At 900 KTA, the Catofin unit will be the world’s largest PDH unit alongside another unit in China that Lummus also licensed.

Catofin is an industry-leading method for light paraffin dehydrogenation that delivers excellent annual production output compared to alternative technologies. The process operates at thermodynamically advantaged reactor pressure and temperature to maximize conversion of propane to propylene, while reducing investment and operating costs.

Wuxi STA Breaks Ground for New Pharma Manufacturing Facility in USA

Aug 26 – Wuxi STA has recently announced the breaking ground ceremony for its new 190-acre pharmaceutical manufacturing campus in Middletown, Delaware, USA. First announced in June 2021, this site will be Wuxi STA’s second facility in the United States, offering expanded capacity and greater flexibility to meet the needs of customers in the U.S. and around the world.

The new state-of-the-art facility will create approximately 500 full-time jobs by 2026. Phase I of the new campus will provide formulation development, clinical and commercial drug product manufacturing services for a variety of oral and injectable dosage forms, as well as packaging, labeling, storage and distribution services for clinical trial materials and commercial drug products.

The Wuxi STA Middletown facility is expected to begin operations in 2025.

SK Geo Centric, Sabic to Build, Expand Plants for High Performance Chemical Products

Aug 30 – SK Geo Centric will partner with Saudi Arabia’s global chemical company Sabic for a joint investment in a bid to achieve dominance in the market for high-performance chemical products as their demands grow. SK Geo Centric’s technology and Sabic’s competitiveness for its raw materials will bring about synergy in the high-performance chemical products.

SK Geo Centric said that Sabic SK Nexlene Company (SSNC), which is a joint venture established with Sabic, signed a MOU with Ulsan Metropolitan City, South Korea to invest in the construction and expansion of high-value chemical products plants. Following the MOU between the two, SSNC will invest approximately 150 million dollars (KRW 200 billion) through Korea Nexlene, its South Korean subsidiary at the site in Ulsan to build and expand the plants for producing the high-performance polyolefin elastomer (POE).

Korea Nexlene is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SSNC. SSNC has already invested in Korea Nexlene to establish a 68,100 ㎡ plant, and it has been annually producing 210,000 tons of Nexlene products. Following the expansion of these plants and construction for more, the capacity is expected to increase by 43 %, reaching over 300,000 tons. More than 90 % of the production is expected to be exported.

L&T Sets Up Green H2 Plant in India

Aug 30 – Larsen & Toubro (L&T) recently announced the commissioning of a green hydrogen plant at its AM Naik Heavy Engineering Complex in Hazira, Gujarat. The plant was inaugurated by Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, Chairman – Indian Oil Corporation. The production of green hydrogen based on an alkaline electrolysis process has recently begun. The plant will produce 45 kg of green hydrogen daily, which will be used for captive consumption in the company’s Hazira manufacturing complex.

The green hydrogen plant is designed for an electrolyzer capacity of 800 kW comprising both alkaline (380 kW) and PEM (420 kW) technologies and will be powered by a rooftop solar plant of 990kW peak DC capacity and a 500kWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). As part of the first phase of the project, 380 kW alkaline electrolyzer has been installed, while the 420 kW PEM electrolyzer along with solar plant capacity augmentation to 1.6 MW peak DC, will be part of future expansion.

The plant is spread across 3000 sq. meters, and the first phase of the project has been installed, tested, and commissioned. The scope involves the generation of high purity green hydrogen (99.99 %) and oxygen, and their captive consumption in the manufacturing shops. A blend of 15 % hydrogen with natural gas will be used as a fuel, and oxygen will supplement the existing usage in cutting and welding applications.

To ensure safe operation and production, the plant design incorporates both active and passive safety systems and will be operated through state-of-the-art control systems with remote monitoring functionality. In addition, an integrated data analytics platform designed by L&T will provide insights into the performance of the electrolyzers and the overall plant.

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