HOUSTON, Texas—January 12, 2015—B&W Energy Services has been awarded a contract by Reficar to provide steam blow design and project execution services to the Ecopetrol owned Cartagena Refinery Modernization and Expansion Project in Colombia.
The Cartagena Reficar refinery is a small-to-medium complex refinery located in Momonal of the Cartagena Bay, 30 minutes west of Cartagena, Colombia. The existing refinery has a capacity of 78,000 bbl/day, and the new adjacent refinery, currently under construction, will increase capacity to 165,000 bbl/day. This is a signature project for Colombia and will allow Reficar to produce clean, ultra-low sulfur gasoline and diesel from heavy crude.
B&W tracked the expansion project for an excess of two years, and was able to finalize an initial engineering contract with Reficar in October 2014. The contract for project execution and specialized equipment supply was finalized in late December 2014.
“Reficar’s Cartagena Refinery Expansion Project is a very complex large scale project and one that’s critical to Ecopetrol’s long term business strategy,” said Joel Babin, B&W C.O.O. “This contract demonstrates B&W’s capacity to handle the world’s largest projects, and we are very excited about this opportunity to bring our value added services to Colombia.”
Under the terms of the contract, B&W will provide detailed design of the steam blow program including hydraulic modeling of steam systems, permanent plant modifications, construction activities, and equipment layouts. Additionally, B&W will supply specialized equipment from our large inventory to support an aggressive steam blow schedule and program, and an experienced project execution team to manage the work.
To learn more about B&W’s awards and the Reficar project, or to seek information about their services, please contact Shelby Pipken at 215.215.6258 or [email protected].
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