Maire Tecnimont Group has announced that its subsidiary KT – Kinetics Technology has been awarded two Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts by LUKOIL NizhegorodNefteorgSyntez, a subsidiary of JSC LUKOIL. The contracts are related to five refinery process units as part of the oil residue upgrading project for the Kstovo Refinery in Central Russia.
The overall value of the two contracts is USD 527M. The EP portion worth USD 156M was awarded and already communicated to the market on November 10, 2017, and included in the Group’s Backlog at 31 December 2017.
The contracts’ scope of work entails EPC activities for the implementation of a Diesel Fuel Hydrotreater Unit, a Hydrogen Production Unit, a Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) unit as well as a Gas Fractionation Unit and a Sulphur Recovery Unit.
The new units will improve the complexity and technological content of the Kstovo Refinery, enabling the plant to produce higher value products, therefore meeting the growing market demand for cleaner fuels as well as ensuring higher yields of valuable products. With this important achievement, Maire Tecnimont Group strengthens its positioning in the refining business and consolidates its track record in the CIS area.
