Sustaining Capital Integration and Compliance

Client: Confidential

Location: Southern California, U.S.

Industry: Fuels

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Executive Summary

Fluor provided front-end engineering and design (FEED) and engineering, procurement and construction support services to manage the integration of two adjacent southern California refineries to comply with federal, state and local regulations.

Over ten process unit modifications were involved, along with a new bore (45" diameter) to connect both refineries via ten lines traversing over 2,000 feet at a depth of 80 feet.

Client's Challenge

The integration work scope would allow both refineries to comply with regulations, including meeting Tier 3 gasoline specifications and pollution reduction. When complete, the project would reduce greenhouse gas (CO₂) and pollutant emissions (NOx, SOx, CO and particulate matter) by shutting down the smaller, less efficient FCC unit.

By reconfiguring the integrated refinery complex, the revamp would add flexibility to improve the gasoline to distillate production ratio to meet changing market demands.

Fluor's Solution

The project involved a challenging and complex revamp to integrate two refineries. Both refineries would be integrated into one 363,000-barrel-per-day refinery, which would be the largest on the West Coast once completed.

We provided the FEED services and then engineering, procurement and construction support services for the refinery integration and FCC unit shutdown. The global execution approach leveraged our offices in Cebu, Philippines, New Delhi, India, and Long Beach, California.

Conclusion

We provided the FEED and engineering, procurement and construction support services for the project, which would reduce greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions at two refineries and meet Tier 3 gasoline specifications.