16-10-2013
Essar Oil UK completes lift of giant £23M unit at Stanlow refinery
Essar Oil (UK) Ltd yesterday completed the successful lift of a giant new regenerator head for a key petrol producing unit at their Stanlow refinery as part of a £23 million refurbishment project.
The 428 tonne steel head was lifted 225 feet before being guided into position on the refinery’s flagship residue catalytic cracking unit – the largest of its kind in Europe. The operation was completed in just over five hours, using a 335 ft tall crane with a massive 1,500 tonne counterweight for the lift.
The regenerator head, complete with refractory lining and cyclones, is the largest that has been fabricated and transported in the world. It is a key element of the residue catalytic cracking unit which is vital to Stanlow’s annual production of three billion litres of petrol and its installation will give the refinery unit another 25 years of life.
Volker Schultz, Chief Executive Officer, Essar Oil (UK) Ltd, said: “This is another major investment in the Stanlow refinery and part of our strategic plan to ensure we can be sustainably profitable moving forward. The lift was a complicated piece of engineering and I want to pay tribute to everyone involved that it was completed safely and ahead of schedule.”
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