JPRC sign $1.6 billion agreement with Honeywell UOP to increase Jordan refinery capacity

Honeywell UOP announced that it has signed $1.6 billion agreement with JPRC (Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company) for expansion of its refinery in Zarqa (Jordon), to increase the capacity of the facility to 120,000 barrels per day to upgrade the quality of its product meet Euro V emissions specifications.

Honeywell UOP will provide managing licensor services, technology licensing, front-end engineering design consultancy services, and basic engineering design. It also will provide catalysts and process equipment, and training and start-up services.

Technologies provided by Honeywell UOP will include crude and vacuum distillation units — designed by Houston-based Process Consulting Services, Inc. — for distilling crude oil into various fractions. Honeywell UOP also will provide Unicracking and hydrotreating units to create clean distillate, as well as CCR Platforming, Penex, MinAlk, Merox and Selectfining units for producing cleaner-burning high-octane motor fuels, and a Polybed PSA unit for purifying hydrogen.

JPRC CEO, Abdul Karim Alaween said that the expansion of the Zarqa refinery is a very important project because, in addition to improving the quality of products, it will grow its capacity to 120,000 barrels per day. It will help them meet the rising demand for fuel, which is growing at an average of 3 percent every year.

Honeywell UOP President and CEO, Rebecca Liebert said that Honeywell has worked with JPRC since it was established in 1956, beginning with design services and technology licensing and the subsequent construction of its first refinery. They are especially grateful to be involved in the expansion of the Zarqa refinery, which will increase its volume and upgrade the quality of its petroleum products and support the further economic development of Jordan.