Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer) has awarded key consultancy and front-end engineering design (Feed) contracts for its gasoline and aromatics project (GAP) to help significantly increase its gasoline production capacity.

The  front end engineering design (Feed) contract has been awarded to Amec International Limited, based in Reading, UK, while the process license technologies deal has been given to Axens of France.  

An Adnoc Group company, Takreer said the Feed contract, scheduled to be completed by January 2018, will be followed by the tendering and implementation of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) works, which will take four years to complete.

The contracts have been awarded to complete Takreer’s integrated production complex, which will include light and heavy naphtha hydrotreaters units, light naphtha isomerization units, two heavy naphtha reformer units, an aromatics extraction unit and paraxylene and benzene production units, it stated.

The move comes as part of Adnoc’s growth strategy to expand production of gasoline to 9.4 million tonnes per annum (tpa), by 2022, to maintain Abu Dhabi’s self-sufficiency, with the new gasoline and aromatics project adding 4.2 mtpa of gasoline supply and 1.6 mtpa of aromatics.

Abdulaziz Alhajri, Adnoc’s refining and petrochemical director, said: “Our goal is to unlock the full potential of our assets. The Gasoline and Aromatics Project will enable us to meet the needs of the evolving and expanding market for refined products, as well as add value to each barrel processed.”

The new contracts follow the appointment of Jacobs Engineering, in June, to provide Project Management Consultancy (PMC) services for the Feed Phase.

Under its five-year business plan and growth strategy, Adnoc is focused on delivering a more valuable and profitable refining business, through strategic, commercially viable and targeted investments aimed at building on the company’s legacy of success and ensuring its continued growth, the company said. – TradeArabia News Service