Saipem, an Italian company, has been awarded a new contract by Canadian Natural Resources Ltd for the construction of an upgrader at the Horizon oilsands project, near Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Saipem, an Italian company, has been awarded a new contract by Canadian Natural Resources Ltd for the construction of an upgrader at the Horizon oilsands project, near Fort McMurray, Alberta.
The project consists of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a secondary upgrader with a production capacity of 42,599 barrels per stream day of hydrotreated gas oil.
The scope of the project includes three units, to be built within the existing complex. These include the gas oil hydrotreating unit, common facilities, wash water and rich amine system, and the interconnecting piperack.
The engineering and design specification package for the plant is entirely prepared by assembling documentation from the current design of the plant constructed for CNRL by Saipem in 2008.
At full capacity, the project will produce 250,000 barrels per day of synthetic crude oil, from 270,000 barrels of mined bitumen. The project will be completed in 44 months. Under an EPC contract, the contractor will design the installation, procure the necessary materials and construct it, either through own labour or by subcontracting part of the work.
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