JGC wins EPC contract for ExxonMobil refinery

ExxonMobil Asia Pacific has awarded a contract to Japan’s JGC Corp. for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the main process facilities for a diesel hydrotreater project in Singapore. The new unit is for ExxonMobil’s 605,000 barrel per day (bdp) refinery on Jurong Island and is expected to produce more than 56,608 bpd of ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuel by 2014. When the hydrotreater comes on line, the refinery’s total ULSD production capacity will increase to more than 157,245 bpd, ExxonMobil has said. ExxonMobil announced its plans to build the hydrotreater a month ago as part of the company’s investment in meeting increasing demand for diesel fuel in the Asia Pacific region. (December 29, 2010)