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News Release from: Foster Wheeler
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 11 January 2007
Turkish refinery orders improvements
Foster Wheeler has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management services contract by TUPRAS at the Izmit Refinery in northwest Turkey.
Foster Wheeler's Istanbul-based subsidiary Foster Wheeler Bimas Birlesik Insaat ve Muhendislik has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management services contract by TUPRAS (Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation) for the Gasoline Specification Improvement Project (GSIP) at the Izmit Refinery in northwest Turkey The terms of the contract award, which will be included in Foster Wheeler's fourth-quarter 2006 bookings, were not disclosed
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 2 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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This project includes a new fluidised catalytic cracker gasoline desulphurisation unit, a benzene reduction unit, offsites, utilities and interconnections, and oxygenates storage and handling systems.
The project is planned to be commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2008.
The project will be executed by Foster Wheeler Bimas, with specialist support from its Milan-headquartered parent, Foster Wheeler Italiana.
"We are extremely pleased that the new management of TUPRAS, after a successful privatisation process in early 2006, has entrusted Foster Wheeler to carry out this challenging project", said D Metin Kaya, Managing Director of Foster Wheeler Bimas.
"This award reflects Foster Wheeler's current excellent reputation in the region and positions us strongly for further planned refinery projects in Turkey".
"We are happy to award this project to Foster Wheeler's Istanbul office and are confident that we will receive world-class engineering services and meet our tight schedule targets", said Yavuz Erkut, Managing Director of TUPRAS.
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