Emerson Process Management announces that it has been chosen to automate a 1.5 million tons per year hydrotreating unit in a refinery in Dalian, China. The refinery is owned by Dalian West Pacific Petrochemical Co. Ltd., better known as WEPEC, a joint venture between Sinochem, PetroChina and Total. Strong project management and engineering execution capabilities, along with the leading edge technologies of Emerson’s PlantWeb digital plant architecture were key to the selection. This is the first PlantWeb installation in the refinery that had previously standardised on other older automation technology. Startup is scheduled for October 2007.
The refinery is one of the few locations in China currently able to process sour crude. This hydrotreater modernisation investment is the second phase in a five-year plan to upgrade the refinery facilities to increase crude oil processing capacity from 8 to 10 million tons per year (Mtpy), equal to 160,000 to 200,000 barrels per calendar day. The current investment includes three DeltaV systems for the hydrocracker (1.5 Mtpy), diesel hydrotreating (2 Mtpy), and hydrogen production (60,000 Nm3) units.
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