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| Virtual image of the project to convert the Matosinhos Refinery [GALP image] |
Galp Energia started a project to convert the Matosinhos Refinery (Leça da Palmeira) and awarded the general civil construction contract to ENSUL MECI. The objective of this project, classified by the government as PIN + (Project of National Interest), is the conversion and modernisation of Galp Energia's Matosinhos refinery and is worth a total of 315 million euros. The project comprises the building of a new vacuum distillation unit and a visbreaking unit destined for smooth thermal cracking.
ENSUL MECI will be in charge of building a new vacuum distillation unit and a visbreaking unit (visbreaker). The works began in November 2008 and will be completed in the second half of 2010. For ENSUL MECI, this project represents one more step in the company's strategic focus on large-scale projects in the energy sector in Portugal and the value of tender is 9 million euros. The work is multidisciplinary and technically very demanding. The success in having been awarded such an important project demonstrates Galp Energia's recognition of ENSUL MECI's specialised competencies.
In total, Galp Energia will invest around 1300 million euros in the modernisation of the refineries in Sines and Matosinhos. For the Matosinhos refinery, the planned investment amounts to 315 million euros. In addition to this conversion project, Galp Energia has other ongoing investments, such as the cogeneration plant and the modernisation of the oil terminal in Leixões.
Vacuum Unit
The new vacuum distillation unit for obtaining gas oil from vacuum will also supply the unit located in Sines.
The aim of this unit is to increase the production of gas oil, in turn reducing the production of fuel oil.
The new unit will have the capacity to produce six thousand tons of atmospheric crude per day: 460 tons from light vacuum gas oil, 3,140 tons from heavy vacuum gas oil and 2400 tons from vacuum residue.
Visbreaking Unit
The visbreaking unit is destined for the smooth thermal cracking of the resulting vacuum residue with the aim of reducing the viscosity of the produced fuel oil. The new unit will have the capacity to produce 2400 tons of vacuum residue per day: 230 tons from visbreaker gas oil, 2300 tons from visbreaker residue and 170 tons from the refinery's combustible gas.
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| 2008-12-17 |
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