KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced that it has been selected by Total to
utilize KBR’s ROSE® solvent deasphalting technology for use at their Antwerp
refinery in Belgium.
The ROSE® unit is expected to significantly enhance the profitability of
the refinery and is expected to come on stream in early 2016.
The ROSE® technology will split 48,000 barrels-per-stream-day of residue
from a mix of crude oils into deasphalted oil (DAO) and asphaltene. The
DAO will be upgraded in a mild hydrocracking unit and the asphaltene
will be blended into fuel oil.
“We are pleased that KBR’s world-leading ROSE® technology was selected
by Total for this major project,” said John Derbyshire, President, KBR
Technology. “We understand the importance of this project to Total and
are confident that the project will enable Total to achieve its business
objectives.”
KBR is a global engineering, construction and services company
supporting the energy, hydrocarbon, power, industrial, civil
infrastructure, minerals, government services and commercial markets.
For more information, visit www.kbr.com.
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