TR wins contract for refining project at Total Antwerp integrated refining & petrochemicals platform

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Técnicas Reunidas (TR) has been awarded a contract by Total to carry out engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning work at its Antwerp platform in Belgium. The contract, worth around 300 million euros, includes the construction of a Solvent Deasphalting Unit and a Mild Hydrocracker Fractionation Unit, as well as the revamping and conversion of an existing unit. TR has a strong track record in hydrocracking projects and this award reflects Total's confidence in their capabilities. Total's Refining & Chemicals Division is one of the largest integrated oil and gas companies in the world, with operations in refining, petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, and fertilizers.

Técnicas Reunidas (TR) has been selected by Total for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a new Solvent Deasphalting Unit and a Mild Hydrocracker Fractionation Unit and for the revamping and conversion of the existing Atmospheric Residue Desulphurizacion Unit at its Antwerp platform in Belgium. This contract was awarded under the EPC Lump Sum Turn Key model and it is worth around 300 million euros.

TR has a large experience in hydrocracking projects with more than 25 worldwide references and currently 3 units under construction. This award reflects the trust Total shows in TR capabilities and the competitiveness of TR in the challenging west European refining market. Currently TR is working for Total in Saudi Arabia (Jubail platform) and in France (Normandy platform).

The Refining & Chemicals Division of Total, one of the largest integrated oil and gas companies in the world, encompasses the refining and petrochemicals activities, the specialty chemicals and the fertilizers, with more than 50,000 employees worldwide. The Refining & Chemicals Division is the first refiner and the second petrochemicals producer in Europe, includes 13 refineries, 21 petrochemicals production sites and more than 150 locations in specialty chemicals and fertilizers worldwide. The Refining & Chemicals Division produces and commercializes a wide range of product from petroleum products to commodity polymers including base chemicals intermediates. Those products are used in many consumer and industrial markets.