GE unit Conmec to supply Hovensa refinery
Posted: 13 December 2003
Conmec, a U.S.-based unit of GE Oil & Gas, has been awarded
a contract from HOVENSA LLC to supply a fluid catalytic cracker
(FCC) power recovery system for a petroleum refining facility in
Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
The HOVENSA refinery receives and processes crude oils from all
over the world and supplies the processed oil products to North
and South America and Europe. The supply of the new, 28.5-megawatt
FCC hot gas power recovery expander will increase the plant's power
generating capacity by approximately 14 per cent.
T he Conmec contract also includes the supply of catalyst separation
equipment, process piping and valves, a TEWAC generator, lube oil
skid, water-cooling facilities, control system and balance-of-plant
design and materials. The contract with Conmec, the sole responsible
supplier to HOVENSA, also will be supported by GE Industrial Systems
and P2S/Fluor.
The GE equipment will be built in Easton, Pa. and Peterborough,
Ontario, Canada and shipped to the project site between July 2004
and January 2005. The power recovery facility is scheduled to begin
operation in March 2005.
Conmec is a world leader in the redesign, manufacture and servicing
of turbomachinery and control systems. Headquartered in Bethlehem,
Pa., Conmec was acquired by GE Power Systems in 2001 and became
a member of the GE Oil & Gas business.
GE Oil & Gas, a unit of GE Power Systems, is based in Florence,
Italy, the home of Nuovo Pignone, a long-time global leader in gas
compression and turbo generation products.
In addition to Nuovo Pignone and Conmec, other members of the GE
Oil & Gas family include Gemini, GE Packaged Power Odessa, Rotoflow
and A-C Compressor of the U.S.; Thermodyn of France; and PII Pipeline
Solutions of the U.K.
About GE Power Systems
GE Power Systems is one of the world's leading suppliers of power
generation technology, energy services and management systems with
2002 revenues of nearly $23 billion.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, GE Power Systems provides equipment,
service and management solutions across the power generation, oil
and gas, distributed power and energy rental industries.
For more information see www.gepower.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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