Shell Catalysts & Technologies signs contract with PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia
Published by Pippa Luck,
Editorial Assistant
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
Shell Catalysts & Technologies has signed an agreement with PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia (PT PRPP) located in Tuban, Java Timur, Indonesia, to provide licensing and basic engineering for state-of-the-art proprietary technologies. This includes Shell’s OMEGA process for the production of mono-ethylene glycol, as well as distillate hydrotreating process for the catalytic removal of sulfur and/or nitrogen and/or hydrogenation of aromatics from diesel fractions of certain crude oils.
“We are grateful that PT PRPP has selected Shell Catalysts & Technologies for their major grassroots refinery and petrochemical complex, which is a testament to the technology offerings of Shell Catalysts & Technologies and our owner-operator experience enabling PT PRPP to achieve a high return on investment,” said Gurminder Singh, Technology and Licensing Director of Shell Catalyst & Technologies.
The refinery will have a crude processing capacity of 300 000 bbl/d and include a petrochemical complex equipped to produce more than 1 million tpy of ethylene, 1.3 million tpy of aromatic hydrocarbons, and 650 000 tpy of polyethylene. The complex is expected to be completed in 2025.
“Our comprehensive agreement with Shell Catalysts & Technologies will provide PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia with the technology and engineering needed in order for the integrated refinery and petrochemical complex to be one of the most competitive in the Asia-Pacific Region,” said Carlos Mondolfi, Project Director with PT PRPP. “We look forward to a collaborative and successful relationship, and future working together.”
PT PRPP was established to manage the New Grass Refinery Root (NGRR) project in Tuban, East Java, which is a joint project between PT Pertamina (Persero) and Rosneft Oil Co. The shareholders of the company are PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional as representative of the interests of PT Pertamina (Persero) and Rosneft Singapore Pte. Ltd as a representative of the interests of Rosneft Oil Co.
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/refining/24022021/shell-catalysts-technologies-signs-contract-withpt-pertamina-rosneft-pengolahan-dan-petrokimia/
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