Client: Allied Chemical Corporation
Location: Rayne, LA, U.S.
Business Segment: Energy Solutions
Industry: Fuels
Executive Summary
In the late 1970s, Fluor was selected by Union Texas Petroleum, a division of Allied Chemical Corporation, for the expansion of their Rayne, Louisiana, plant. This was the third expansion of the Rayne plant that we performed. For Expansion #3, we were responsible for engineering, procurement and construction.
The expansion processed additional natural gas liquids and included new units for fractionation, ethane treating for removal of carbon dioxide, dehydration, storage and additional revamp work. It increased the plant's fractionating capacity to 26,000 barrels per day.
Client's Challenge
The Rayne plant processed natural gas received from a pipeline system running through southwest Louisiana. With the third expansion, it began processing feed from a newly constructed natural gas liquids recovery plant owned by Exxon.
Fluor's Solution
We built the initial Rayne gas processing plant in 1959 and subsequently expanded it in 1966.
The third expansion was a relatively small capital project budgeted at $7 million. We set up a streamlined operation using experienced personnel. This allowed us to demonstrate that we could perform small cap jobs as efficiently as larger ones.
Construction began in January 1978 and was completed by early August, engaging a field work force of 200 people at peak.
Conclusion
The new processing equipment went on stream in October 1978, less than one year from the start date.
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