Wood has been awarded a contract to install a 55,000 barrels-per-day four-drum coking unit at a refinery in south-east Texas.
The Aberdeen-based engineering group will use its Selective Yield Delayed Coking (SYDEC) technology to increase the Port Arthur refinery’s ability to run a variety of crude, improve turnaround efficiency and increase its throughput capacity.
The delayed coking unit is expected to begin operating in 2022.
Andrew Stewart, CEO of Wood’s Asset Solutions Americas business, said: “Our track record of delivering design excellence, together with our market leading delayed coking technology, allows us to assist our client in realizing and maximizing the full operational benefits of their facility.
“For more than two decades we have been supporting this customer, harnessing our strong capability with a knowledgeable core team of 100 employees who are already familiar with the refinery.”
Delayed coking involves heating the heaviest residual oil at the end of the refining process until it breaks down into gas and petroleum coke.
Wood has designed and engineered more delayed coking units than any other technology provider or engineering contractor.
