Emerson to automate Fujian refinery

Emerson Process Management has been chosen to digitally automate the Fujian Refining and Ethylene Joint Venture Project in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, China. It is the largest integrated refining and petrochemicals project ever undertaken in China. Emerson accomplished front-end engineering and design in September 2006, and is proceeding with project management, engineering, integration, testing, commissioning and other site services, with work being done out of its Pudong, Shanghai, facility. PlantWeb digital architecture is based on an open systems approach that keeps pace with new technologies, enabling customers to preserve the capital investment in their control system. The project will expand the existing refinery at Quanzhou, Fujian Province, from 80,000 barrels-per-day to 240,000 barrels-per-day. (August 1, 2007)