Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Total Raffinage France, a subsidiary of Total.
Total has stated that the Donges refinery in western France currently lacks desulphurisation capacity, and a significant proportion of its fuels are therefore exported because they no longer meet fuel quality European Union specifications. The project, comprising a new vacuum gas oil hydrotreater unit and sour water stripping unit, as well as modification of existing units and new interconnections, is part of the investment planned by Total to upgrade its Donges refinery.
Amec Foster Wheeler will support the modernisation of Total Raffinage’s Donges refinery by combining its refinery FEED expertise, integrated engineering systems capabilities and its Asset Information Hub (AIH) with the visualisation and digital asset Virtual Plant technology.
The AIH provides a digital representation of the physical plant. Collating documents, data, and models of the plant, the AIH is a powerful information management system with which to control and review aspects of the plant throughout its life in a secure environment.
This is an important project for Total designed to increase the performance of the Donges refinery, which Amec Foster Wheeler knows well.
