Thai petroleum contract announced

A Foster Wheeler subsidiary has been awarded an engineering and materials supply contract for a Terrace-Wall reformer and three fired heaters at a Thai petroleum refinery.

A Foster Wheeler subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Energy, has been awarded an engineering and materials supply contract for a Terrace-Wall reformer and three fired heaters by CTCI.

CTCI is the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) prime contractor for the Bangchak Petroleum Public's Product Quality Improvement project at its refinery in Thailand.

The objective of the project is to upgrade fuel oil to produce higher-value products such as gasoline, kerosene and diesel.

The Foster Wheeler contract value was not disclosed and the award was included in the company's fourth-quarter 2006 bookings.

The project includes a hydrogen production plant, which will use steam reforming technology licensed from Foster Wheeler and a Foster Wheeler Terrace-Wall reformer.

The hydrogen production plant will have the capacity to produce 44,680m3/h, of high-purity hydrogen.

The hydrogen production plant is planned for operation by mid-2008.

Foster Wheeler will also supply three fired heaters for the vacuum distillation and hydrocracker units.

"This award further strengthens Foster Wheeler's excellent relationship with the Bangchak Refinery".

"We first worked at the refinery in 1995, on the successful clean fuels project", said Steve Davies, Chairman and Chief Executive officer, Foster Wheeler Energy.

"This award also reinforces our position as a leading supplier of technology and reformers for hydrogen production, in particular where heavier feedstocks are processed that require pre-reformer technology".

Foster Wheeler's Terrace-Wall reformer features a unique firing arrangement within a sloped-wall radiant section, enabling long catalyst and catalyst tube life, and can be designed for natural draft operation, providing additional operational, reliability and cost benefits.

Foster Wheeler has supplied over 200 Terrace-Wall steam reformers to the refining and petrochemical industries in more than 40 countries worldwide.

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