Under the contract, Foster Wheeler will provide Terrace Wall steam reformer, including an air preheating system, for the refinery.
The steam reformer will be part of a hydrogen production unit which is scheduled to be built at the refinery with a capacity of 24,000 normal cubic meters per hour.
Work under the contract is expected to be completed in April 2015.
Featuring sloped-wall radiant section design, the Foster Wheeler’s Terrace Wall reformer is characterized by a firing arrangement and allows long catalyst tube life while providing the flexibility to extend a reformer’s operating envelope.
As part of refinery modernization project, Marubeni awarded the comntract on behalf of the SINOPEC Engineering (Group)/Marubeni/KazStroyService consortium which is executing the engineering, procurement and construction of the refinery.
