North West Redwater Refinery Project

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Summary Information

• Ownership: North West Redwater Partnership
• Website: http://www.nwrpartnership.com/
• Wiki Page: North West Redwater Refinery
• Location: 45km north-east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Capacity: 7.5 million tons/annum & 150,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Project Stage: Under Construction
• Expected Completion: 2013 (Phase 1)
• Budget:

The Project

• Project Type: Greenfield Refinery
• Project Summary: A three phase project. The refinery will process diluted bitumen
• Main Contractors
  • Jacobs awarded a contract to provide detailed engineering, procurement and construction services
  • Fluor: front-end engineering and design (FEED) services
  • KBR: construction and fabrication of an LCFiner unit
  • Lurgi AG: Engineering, Procurement and Construction for the gasifier unit
  • Praxair: Oxygen Unit
  • Toyo Engineering: Engineering services for Sulphur Recovery Unit, Light Ends Recovery Unit, Sour Water Stripper Unit and Amine Treatment Unit
• Licences
  • Chevron Lummus Global: LCFiner unit
  • Lurgi AG: gasifier unit

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation
• LCFiner unit (Ebullated Hydrocracker)
• Gasifier Unit
• Sulphur Recovery Unit

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Tar Sands sourced bitumen

Products Produced

• Diesel, Low Sulphur Vacuum Gas Oil, Naphtha, butane, propane, ethane and Sulphur
• The naphtha will largely be used as a diluent for bitumen
• Half of the product yield will be Diesel

History

• 2007 - NWU received Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) Approval
• 2011 - Jacobs awarded a contract to provide detailed engineering, procurement and construction services
• 2011 - Fluor awarded a contract to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services
• 2011 - Toyo awarded EDS contract

Other Information

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Relevant Links

• Jacobs Receives Contract from North West Redwater
• KBR Awarded Construction and Fabrication Services Contract for Canadian Bitumen Refining Project
• KBR Awarded Construction and Fabrication Services Contract for Canadian Gasifer Unit
• North West Upgrading Selects Praxair to Supply Oxygen in Alberta
• Fluor Wins Engineering Contract for New Canadian Refinery
• Toyo-Canada Awarded EDS Work of Oil Sands Refinery Project

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