ERC Refinery

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The project consists of the construction and operation by ERC of a hydro-cracking and coking facility in the Mostorod industrial area of greater Cairo. The new facility will be built within the boundaries of the existing Mostorod industrial complex adjacent to the existing CORC refinery and to the hydrocarbon storage and pipeline facilities operated by PPC. Using the residual oil (high sulfur atmospheric residue) from the CORC process (currently sold as a heavy fuel oil) as a feedstock, the new facility will produce high-quality, high-value petroleum products for Egypt’s domestic market such as ultra low sulfur diesel, international specification jet fuels, liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and high octane gasoline blending components. The ERC facility will consist of a vacuum distillation unit, a hydro-cracking unit, naphtha and distillate hydro-treating units, a reforming unit, a hydrogen plant and a delayed coking unit. The facility will incorporate sulfur recovery technology that will remove more than 99.9% of the sulfur from the feedstock, converting the hydrogen sulfide formed in the process into granulated sulfur pellets that will be sold in the market. Fuel products will be sent to storage and distribution at the PPC facilities. ERC has agreed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the project with a consortium formed between GS Engineering & Construction Corporation (GS) of South Korea and Mitsui & Company, Ltd. of Japan. Worley Parsons Ltd has been commissioned as the project management contractor on behalf of ERC for the construction program. The construction program also includes site clearance which will require the demolition and relocation of existing facilities at the project site. Once the new facility has been constructed, EGPC, through its subsidiary, EPROM, will provide operations and maintenance services to ERC.In addition, and as part of the project, ERC has agreed to an upgrade program for the existing CORC refinery and PPC facilities. Upgrades include technical modifications to connect the ERC facility to the CORC refinery and environmental upgrades that, once implemented, will result in positive cumulative environmental impacts in the project area.