Reconfigured an oil refinery's Crude Unit, which was orinigally designed to handle Alaska North Slope crude only. Overall project goal was to allow a greater flexibility of feed stocks and produced streams, and to increase unit throughput.

Project Highlights

• Coordinated Planning and Engineering approach maximized pre-turnaround activities to meet the construction schedule
• Project divided into 5 functionally-related areas and Anvil issued standalone construction packages for each area
• Innovative designs allowed significant work to be done during the 15-month pre-turnaround schedule, minimizing disruption in an operating unit
• Highly integrated project team with close coordination between Client, Anvil, and Construction Contractor
• Exceptionally successful 22-day turnaround with all planned work completed safely and on time.

Repair an Alaska Refinery's seriously damaged Crude Unit. The client asked Anvil to assess the damage, provide an action plan, and provide services to restore the unit to full production in less than one year. 

Anvil provided all engineering, design, procurement, and construction management services to support the project through startup. 

• Provide extensive Process design to redesign the unit
• Develop conceptual engineering and cost estimates to evaluate multiple work packages
• Perform complete Procurement activities to purchase all equipment and material
• Expedite key equipment items, including the Crude Tower and Stripper Vessel and their trays, shell & tube heat exchangers, reboilers, air coolers, and pumps
• Provided on-site Construction Coordination and Field Services during construction and startup.

Extensive suite of Turnaround projects designed to reconfigure an existing refinery's Crude and Coker operation to complete the following improvements:

• Coker and NHDS availability
• Reformer feed quality
• Distillate yield
• Hydrocracker feed quality

Anvil provided a multi-discipline effort to help the client define the suite of projects.  We then provided full service engineering and design services for each of the 24 discrete projects, including procurement, from conceptual design through project definition, execution, and construction. 

• Completed Process Design Package
• Developed conceptual engineering and cost estimates to evaluate multiple project alternatives and work packaging
• Performed definition and detailed design services
• Provided on-site Construction Coordination and Field Services during pre-turnaround, turnaround, and startup.

Project Highlights

• Pre-turnaround (P/TA) components are in/around live units 
• Projects involve ~300,000 P/TA field hours and ~160,000 TA field hours 
• Construction sequencing and constructability critical for success