ENI lets refinery contract to GE Oil & Gas
Italy's ENI let a contract to GE Oil & Gas for the largest refinery reactors of their type ever to be
manufactured. The reactors will be a critical part of ENI refining and marketing division's project to boost
production at its refinery in Sannazzaro, Italy.
The reactors, which will weigh about 2,000 tons each, will be the centrepiece of a new process technology designed to
enable ENI to produce more middle distillates from each barrel of feedstock.
The refinery will highlight a proprietary ENI process called ENI Slurry Technology that enables increased efficiency
in unconventional oils, heavy oils, and residues distillation. Unlike other heavy oil cracking processes, the process
produces no residues.
The two reactors are scheduled for delivery to the ENI refinery in first quarter 2011, with commercial operation
expected in 2012.
