Overview

Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer) is expanding its refinery at Ruwais so that it can meet more stringent product quality requirements and meet environmental legislation. The work will increase the refinery’s capacity to 800,000 barrels a day (b/d).

The Ruwais Refinery Expansion Project is part of parent company Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (Adnoc) strategy to develop its downstream industry to meet future requirements.

The project has three core objectives:

• To meet more stringent local and international product quality requirements and meet environmental legislation.
• To integrate with the emirate’s petrochemical industry by providing 1.1 million tonnes a year of propylene to Borouge Olefins Complex in Ruwais.
• To increase emiratisation within the company by employing and developing more nationals working on the project and in running the refinery.

Work on the project includes a residual fluid catalytic cracking (RFCC) complex, distilled hydrodesulphurisation (HDS) units and an aromatics complex. Once complete, the refinery will handle an additional 400,000 barrels a day (b/d), doubling its capacity to 800,000 b/d.

Refinery owner Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer), which is in-turn owned by Adnoc, says once commissioned, the refinery will produce unleaded gasoline, naphtha, aviation turbine fuel (Jet A1), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), propylene, kerosene, gasoil, bunker fuel, diesel, slurry to existing fuel oil and sulphur.

This package is for the offsites and utilities package. Scope includes:

• Early works
• Steam & condensate system
• Instrument & plant air system
• Cooling water system
• Fuel gas system
• Potable water system
• Flares
• Waste water treatment
• Electrical system
• Instrumentation / control system
• Piping, interconnection (main piperacks), pipelines to jetty
• Civil works (roads, OSBL paving)
• Steel works
• Automation system
• Gas turbines