Oil and gas company TechnipFMC has signed an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with Assiut National Oil Processing Company (ANOPC) for the construction of a new Assiut refinery hydrocracking complex in Egypt
This EPC contract covers new process units such as a Vacuum Distillation Unit, a Diesel Hydrocracking Unit, a Delayed Coker Unit, a Distillate Hydrotreating Unit, and a Hydrogen Production Facility Unit using TechnipFMC’s steam reforming proprietary technology.The project also includes other process units, interconnecting, offsites and utilities.
The complex will transform lower-value petroleum products from Assiut Oil Refining Company’s (ASORC) nearby refinery into approximately 2.8 million tonnes per year of cleaner products, such as Euro 5 diesel.
Catherine MacGregor, president of Technip Energies, stated, “This award demonstrates TechnipFMC’s long-standing relationship with the Egyptian petroleum sector and strengthens our expertise in the delivery of complex projects in the country.
“It comes after successful execution of the FEED (2), reflecting our selective approach and the importance of being involved at a very early stage of any development. Assiut is considered one of the major strategic projects needed to meet growing local demand for cleaner products, and we are extremely honoured to have been selected by ANOPC to contribute to the largest refining project to be implemented in Upper Egypt.”
The firm is working with ANOPC to complete the remaining precedent conditions to allow project work to begin. When all the requirements are met, the company will include the contract award in its inbound.
