Motiva Selects Dresser-Rand for Refinery Expansion Project
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Author: Aramco ExPats
Released 17 June 2006
Motiva Enterprises LLC, a joint venture between Shell and Saudi Aramco, is finalizing contracts with Dresser-Rand Company for the purchase of engineering resources and support relating to the procurement of compression equipment and start-up services for the proposed expansion of its Port Arthur, Texas refinery.
According to Dresser-Rand, the company will be requested to supply assorted equipment, including turbo-compressor trains, reciprocating compressor units, and start-up services. The equipment will be used to increase production of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel. Modern design and advanced technology will help reduce emissions from the refinery on a per-barrel basis.
It is anticipated that Motiva's expansion project will increase the Port Arthur facility's crude throughput from approximately 275,000 barrels to about 600,000 barrels a day. Work is scheduled to begin in 2006. When completed, the project will make the Port Arthur refinery the largest in the country.