Ruwais expansion project on course for Q1 2014 startup despite downstream contracting delays
The CEO of Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer) is confident the company’s Ruwais refinery expansion project will launch on schedule despite contracting delays on some downstream facilities.
“We are confident that our Ruwais refinery expansion project will achieve its goals and come on stream in the first quarter of 2014,” Jasem Lai Al-Sayegh said at a conference in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
The project is designed to add 400,000 barrels a day (b/d) of crude refining capacity to the UAE facility and supply Abu Dhabi Polymers (Borouge with 1.1 million tonnes a year (t/y) of propylene.
In November 2011, MEED learned that Takreer had delayed the deadlines for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) proposals for its planned new coker unit, carbon black plant and hydrogen processing facilities.
According to Sayegh, the project has reached a “60 per cent overall completion rate”, adding that all EPC contractors had been mobilised. The CEO said that a labour force of 40,000 was working on the project.
Takreer is a subsidiary of state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc).
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