BP Has Selected Foster Wheeler For New Delayed Coking Plant In Spain

Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced that its subsidiary Foster Wheeler USA Corporation has been awarded a contract to supply a process design package for a delayed coking plant based on Foster Wheeler's Selective Yield Delayed Coking Process (SYDECSM) by BP Oil Refineria de Castellon, S.A. The terms of the award were not disclosed. The project was included in the company's first-quarter bookings for 2005.

The planned facility has a design capacity of 20,000 barrels per stream day. The scheduled completion of the delayed coker plant is second-quarter 2008 and is part of BP's planned reconfiguration of their refinery located in Castellon, Spain, to reduce residual fuel oil production.

“We are very pleased that BP has selected Foster Wheeler's SYDECSM delayed coking technology for their refinery in Castellon,” said Troy Roder, executive vice president and general manager of Foster Wheeler USA Corporation. “This award reflects our position as a market leader in delayed coking, where we have consistently demonstrated technical and project execution expertise.”