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News Release from: Foster Wheeler
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 12 September 2006

Sinclair to adopt novel coking process

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Foster Wheeler USA Corp has been awarded a reimbursable engineering, procurement and construction contract by Sinclair Oil Corporation.

Foster Wheeler USA Corp has been awarded a reimbursable engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Sinclair Oil Corporation for a 30,000 barrel per stream day delayed coker, gas plant and coke handling facilities at its refinery at Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA The new coker, which will use Foster Wheeler's Selective Yield Delayed Coking (SYDEC) process, will allow the refinery to process heavier crudes while maximising the production of higher value products

Terms of the award were not disclosed.

The project was included in the company's second-quarter 2006 bookings.

"Foster Wheeler is delighted to be awarded this strategic project by Sinclair Oil", said Troy Roder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Foster Wheeler USA Corp.

"This award increases our strong, diversified client base and reflects the quality and depth of our personnel and of our project execution expertise".

"Sinclair considers Foster Wheeler a leader in delayed coking technology and its execution approach fits with our plan to have the unit operational by 2009", added Paul Moote, Sinclair's Vice President, Refinery Construction.

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