Repsol YPF

Project to Extend the Cartagena Refinery

 Press release

The project’s current state

The Cartagena refinery extension project was approved by Repsol YPF’s Board of Directors last January 8, 2008. The basic engineering is completed. Detailed engineering began in the first quarter of 2008. This will be developed further in 2008 and the first half of 2009.

The movement of earth and all preliminary work is due to be completed during the second half of the year 2008. Civil work is scheduled to begin in July of the same year. Mechanical assembly work will begin sometime at the end of 2008 or during the first four months of 2009.

Management of the Repsol YPF building work will be supported by external engineering companies. Given the project’s size, it has been divided in different blocks.

The organization of these blocks is as follows:

- Block 1: Vacuum, Coker, Concentration of Gases of the Coker, Merox, Butadiene
- Block 3 A: Plants of Sulphur, amines and Acid Waters
Engineering and supervision of the construction of these blocks will be developed by Foster Wheeler-Intecsa

- Bloque 2A: Hydrocracker (HC) 

- Bloque 2B: Topping - Gas concentration of Topping, HDS of GO of Topping, HDS of GOLde Coker, HDS of Coker's Naphtha 
The engineering and supervision of Construction of these blocks will be developed under the turnkey modality by Técnicas Reunidas  and INITEC. 

- Block 3B: General infrastructures of the areas described above and new Energies and Movements facilities.
The engineering and supervision of construction of this block will be developed by Fluor.

- H2 Plants: Engineering and construction will be with turnkey contract with Técnicas Reunidas 

- Oil pipeline to Puertollano: in process, the engineering stage developed by Heymo (pipeline devlopment) and Intecsa-Inarsa (centres of pumping and facilities in refineries) 
Construction will be carried out during the last quarter of 2008 and in 2009.

Information for providers

Providers interested in collaborating in the project will have to provide their information over the web with the application called:

Providers area

(In the Observations section, please specify that you are interested in working on the Project to Extend the Cartagena Refinery)

The area of interest in which the company wants to be a provider, as well as the product or service offered, must be clearly indicated. With supplies, please indicate the ranges of manufacture, capacities, etc. If it a matter of services, please indicate the availability of machinery, personnel, etc. This will guide those managing the Repsol YPF building work towards construction or engineering contractor companies who could turn out to be interested in the product or service offered.

If Repsol YPF decides to start the process of certifying the product or service offered, it will get in touch with the provider to obtain the information and necessary documentation. If the final result of the process is positive, the abovementioned provider would become part of the list of providers/contractors certified by Repsol YPF, and would therefore be available for the project.