Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. (Samsung Engineering) has won a $220 million ultra low sulphur diesel unit plant project order from the Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (Petrotrin). The plant will be constructed in Pointe-a-pierre refinery complex which is located 38 kilometers south to Port-of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago.
This facility will be producing 40,000 barrel of ultra low sulphur diesel per day and the sulphur content will be under 8ppm complying with EURO-V standards.
This project will be executed as a lump-sum turn key basis that includes all engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning and its expected completion is in March 2012.
President and Chief Executive Officer Yeon-Joo Jung said: “The importance of environmental policies have been emphasized globally, and the sulphur content has been enforced downward significantly in gasoline and diesel.”and“Samsung Engineering will actively react to increasing demands for desulphurization facility that has multi-billion dollars of CAPEX every year with our differentiated experiences and trusts from our clients.”