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Enoc to raise EPCL's Jebel Ali capacity by 50%

Emirates National Oil Company (Enoc) has planned to expand the capacity of its Enoc Processing Company (EPCL) Jebel Ali facility by 50 per cent.
The expansion project comprises three separate packages at an estimated value of more than $1 billion, it was announced on Monday. Its commercial production is expected to start in the last quarter of 2019.
"The main package of the project will add a new condensate processing train to the existing facility, expanding its daily capacity to 210,000 barrels, up from its existing current 140,000 barrels per day," the company said. The subsequent two packages of the project will include the construction of storage tanks and a 31,000 square foot warehouse. Suitable contractors are currently being short listed prior to the tendering process for both packages.
In response to the UAE's drive towards clean energy, the expanded EPCL facility will manufacture products for the local market meeting stringent Euro 5 standards.
This ambitious expansion project is one of the key building blocks in the energy infrastructure sector to meet future demands and supports our sustainable growth in line with Dubai Plan 2021," Enoc's vice-chairman Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer commented.
Enoc group chief executive officer Saif Humaid Al Falasi said: "The refinery expansion is part of this strategy to develop enabling infrastructure that fuels the nation's growth. For a rapidly developing market like Dubai, strategic investments in such projects demonstrate that development strategies like Dubai Plan 2021 are already being realised.
Rome-based Technip Italy will be the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor for the design and construction of the processing unit. Marco Villa, president of Technip's for EMIA Region said: "We are proud to reinforce the long lasting relationship between Technip and ENOC for the expansion of the Jebel Ali Refinery, which was successfully delivered by Technip in 1999 with outstanding safety, schedule and quality performances. This award confirms Technip's leading position in the refining sector and in the Middle-East downstream business, as well as its ability to provide its clients with customised solutions combined with secure project delivery. We are firmly committed to repeat, and even more improve, our strong performance of the original Jebel Ali Refinery Project."
- abdulbasit@khaleejtimes.com