NLRC selects UOP & ConocoPhillips Tech for Placentia Bay Refinery
25 Dec '07
2 min read
Newfoundland and Labrador Refining Corporation (NLRC), of which Altius Minerals Corp is a major shareholder, has provided an update with respect to the construction planning and development of its proposed new oil refinery project in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.
A copy of the NLRC news release is provided below in its entirety.
St. John's - Newfoundland and Labrador Refining Corporation (NLRC) is pleased to report that it has entered into technology licensing and engineering agreements with UOP and ConocoPhillips for the major process units required at NLRC's proposed 300,000 barrel per day grassroots oil refinery in Placentia Bay.
UOP LLC Engineering Services Agreement: NLRC has selected UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, to supply technology, basic engineering services and equipment. Basic engineering design is currently under way by UOP, and the new facility will feature a wide range of UOP technologies to produce low-sulfur, high-quality clean fuels.
Technologies include the UOP Unicracking process and the UOP Unionfining processes to remove sulfur and upgrade distillate materials for the production of clean fuels.
The UOP CCR Platforming process, a continuous catalytic reforming process used throughout the petroleum industry to produce high octane gasoline blending components and hydrogen from naphtha, and the UOP Penex process will also be used to enhance the quality of the new refinery's gasoline pool.
Additionally, NLRC will use UOP's Chlorsorb system, which absorbs chlorides off of regenerated catalyst from the CCR Platforming process to enhance efficiency of chloride management and reduce emissions.
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