DES PLAINES, Ill., April 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- UOP LLC, a
division of Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON), today
announced that it has won a contract from Dangote Oil Refinery
Company Ltd. for critical equipment, technology licensing and
design services for a world-scale integrated refinery and
petrochemical plant. When completed, the integrated complex in
Lekki, near the capital of Lagos
in Nigeria, will be the largest
single-train refinery in the world.
Included in the agreement is proprietary specialist equipment
required for UOP LLC's licensed RFCC, Unicracking™, CCR
Platforming™, Penex™ and Butamer™ processes, which provide
superior performance and economics, as well as high-quality
packaged equipment for faster, more reliable construction than
field-built plants.
The proprietary specialist equipment includes catalyst
regeneration and dryer regeneration control systems,
high-performance column trays, and heat exchanger tubes. The
high-quality packaged equipment includes a modular CCR unit,
catalyst coolers, a Third-Stage Separator System for the RFCC unit
– which upgrades heavy oil -- and two pressure swing adsorption
(PSA) units to purify hydrogen.
"Nigeria has the second-largest
proven oil reserves in Africa –
more than 37 billion barrels – but currently imports most of its
refined products because it has limited domestic refining
capacity," said Mike Millard, vice
president and general manager of UOP LLC's Process Technology &
Equipment business. "This new refinery will help Nigeria meet its own growing demand for fuels
and petrochemicals while raising the profitability of the nation's
crude oil."
The Lekki facility will be the largest single-train refinery in
the world producing Euro-V quality gasoline and diesel as well as
jet fuel meeting international aviation specifications along with
world-scale quantities of polypropylene, a primary component used
in plastics and packaging. The plant's RFCC unit will be the
largest in the world.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration,
Nigeria in 2015 produced 2.3
million barrels per day of petroleum and other liquids, about 2
million of which was exported. That same year, Nigeria relied on imports of refined fuels to
meet more than 70 percent of its domestic needs.
The Dangote Group is the largest industrial conglomerate in
West Africa and one of the largest
in Africa. The company has a
number of interests, including cement, real estate, oil, natural
gas, telecommunications, fertilizer and steel. The Group
focuses on local, value-added products and services that meet the
needs of the African population.
UOP LLC (www.uop.com), a division of Honeywell International
Inc., is a leading international supplier and licensor of process
technology, catalysts, adsorbents, equipment, and consulting
services to the petroleum refining, petrochemical, and gas
processing industries. UOP is part of Honeywell International
Inc.'s Performance Materials and Technologies strategic business
group, which also includes Honeywell Process Solutions
(www.honeywellprocess.com), a pioneer in automation control,
instrumentation and services for the oil and gas, refining,
petrochemical, chemical and other industries.
Honeywell International Inc. (www.honeywell.com), based in
Morris Plains, N.J., is a Fortune
100 software-industrial company that delivers industry specific
solutions that include aerospace and automotive products and
services; control technologies for buildings, homes, and industry;
and performance materials globally. Our technologies help
everything from aircraft, cars, homes and buildings, manufacturing
plants, supply chains, and workers become more connected to make
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Honeywell International Inc. has no affiliation or connection
with The Honeywell Group of Nigeria companies.
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