Thai Oil PCL has let a contract to Amec Foster Wheeler PLC to provide services for a project that will expand crude oil processing capacity and improve fuel production at the 275,000-b/sd Sriracha refinery, near Laem Chabang Port in Chonburi, Thailand.
Amec Foster Wheeler will deliver front-end engineering and design on Thai Oil’s proposed Clean Fuel Project (CFP), which alongside increasing crude processing capacity to 410,000 b/sd, will enable the refinery to produce transportation fuels meeting more-stringent quality specifications as well as improve its overall energy efficiency, the service provider said.
While it did not disclose a value of the FEED contract, Amec Foster Wheeler confirmed CFP would involve installation of a number of units, including its own proprietary solvent deasphalting technology.