To meet this challenge NZRC is committed to generating additional refining margins through an increase in crude processed and an expansion in octane ton capacity. NZRC selected WorleyParsons and our local operation, Transfield Worley NZ, to execute the FEED for the reconfiguration project because of the experience in large refining technology, expertise resident in Arcadia, California, and a comprehensive understanding of the site developed by Transfield Worley NZ.
A key element of the project’s execution is the workshare arrangement between WorleyParsons’ operations in Beijing and Arcadia. The project will require sanction before proceeding to the detailed design phase in late 2006 and completion in late 2009.
The work scope involves the debottlenecking of the crude distiller, design of a naphtha hydrotreater/new splitter, a new continuous catalytic reformer unit and associated utilities, instrumentation, and required increase in power supply capacity.
