Client: Shell Chemical Company
Location: Norco, LA, U.S.
Business Segment: Energy Solutions
Industry: Chemicals
Executive Summary
Fluor was contracted to execute direct-hire construction for the GO-1 Ethylene unit at Shell Chemical Company's Norco Refinery in Norco, Louisiana. The GO-1 unit scope involved considerable equipment and piping change out, including pumps, exchangers, vessels and major process gas compression equipment, during unit shutdown.
In addition to the work in the GO-1 unit, the project included electrical and piping off-sites as well as a separate project to install all new facilities required for the installation of a new OL-5 unit ethylene furnace.
Client's Challenge
The project included facilities to increase ethylene production by removing process bottlenecks in the GO-1 South Unit and installing new facilities in the GO-1 North Unit to increase feedstock flexibility. Facilities at the refinery included an ethylene production unit (debottleneck), an ethylene/ethane furnace and a dry gas transfer piping system.
Fluor's Solution
Fluor has maintained a presence in Louisiana since 1955. At the time of this project’s completion in 1996, we had executed more than 340 projects in the state.
The ethylene unit revamp GO-1 debottlenecking project comprised separate Authorization for Expenditure projects:
GO-1
F-140
Import dry gas
Process gas compression
Protective instruments systems upgrade
The GO-1 project had over 300 craft workers onsite at peak for the pre-shutdown and 800 personnel during the shutdown executing a total of 500,000 craft work hours.
Conclusion
The GO-1 Ethylene Debottlenecking project was completed on schedule and budget in 1996.
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