The contract includes engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of three new refining units, including a 30,000-b/d diesel hydrodesulfurization unit, a 25 Mcfd hydrogen production plant, and a 150,000-tonnes/year (tpy) sulfur recovery plant, Técnicas Reunidas said on Sept. 15.
Técnicas Reunidas also will provide modifications to an existing hydrodesulfurization unit as well as the integration of the installations beyond the battery limits for these plants, the company said.
Designed to improve the qualities of air and fuels, the fuel quality project will involve the construction of new and modernization of existing plants to reduce the sulfur content of Mexico’s diesel production to 15 ppm from 500 ppm, which will lower the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by more than 12,000 tpy, said Emillio Lozoya Austin, Pemex’s chief executive officer.
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