With this deal, the Alberto Pasqualini refinery (Refap) consortium, comprising the state-owned Brazilian oil company Petrobras and Spanish-Argentine energy firm Repsol YPF, has awarded its third contract to Skanska in four years.
The contract covers the construction of a hydrodesulfurization (HDS) unit at the Refap refinery. The facility will have a capacity to process 5,000 cubic meters per day.
The scope of the contract includes detail engineering, purchasing, construction, electromechanical installations and assistance with the commissioning and start-up of the plant.
The project is reportedly part of a nationwide environmental program to reduce sulfur contaminants in petroleum products. Work will begin in April 2008 and is scheduled for completion within 30 months.
