The $4.8 billion plant expansion and upgrading project, which will include the installation of new heavy crude processing units, will be completed by the end of this year.
Sarens, world leader in heavy lifting, engineered transport and crane rental has supplied equipment specially selected for its technical feasibility for various heavy lifting operations.
The Thailoil refinery, located in Laemchabang, near Bangkok, will increase production from 275,000 to 400,000 barrels per day, positioning Thailand as Asia's leading crude oil processing hub.
The expansion work that the state-owned oil company, Thaioil, is undertaking at its Laemchabang plant will enhance the energy security of the country. It will increase from 275,000 to 400,000 per day once the expansion is completed.
Working on behalf of its client, comprising an unincorporated joint venture between Petrofac, Saipem and Samsung (UJV), Sarens is lifting three heavy modules at the site using the following equipment:
· Crane: LR1400 (400t Capacity) in SDWB 35+35m configuration
· Crane: CC2500-1 (500T Capacity) in SSL 66m configuration
· Crane: CC2800 (600t Capacity) in SWSL 42m+36m configuration
• Crane: LR1600 (600T Capapcity)
· Crane: CC6800 (1205t Capacity)
These equipment were selected by the UJV for its engineering feasibility and compatibility with project demands. Following selection, Sarens was quick to mobilize the equipment from the Sarens’ Thailand yard and set up within a week of reaching the work site. The equipment has now been on site since March 2022 and will remain on site through August 2023.
These expansion works have required an estimated investment of $4.8 billion since the project approval in 2018, to upgrade from a light crude oil processing plant to include, among others, a crude distillation unit (CDU), a hydrogen manufacturing unit and an energy recovery unit (ERU).
Sarens has more than 60 years of international experience in the development and installation of strategically important projects. In the energy sector, Sarens has been directly involved in the expansion of the S-Oil plant in Ulsan, South Korea, in the construction of the Petroperu refinery in Talara (Peru), and in the Skikda refinery in Algeria.
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