US diversified technology and manufacturing group Honeywell said it has agreed
to upgrade controls at two refineries run by Turkish oil refiner Tupras as part of a five-year service, maintenance and support contract
for the two faicilities.
The upgrade will improve the performance of the
two refineries and reduce maintenance costs for the Honeywell control systems at
the refineries by 15 to 20%, Honeywell said in a statement on
Tuesday.
Under the agreement, Honeywell will upgrade existing systems at
the Aliaga refinery in the western Turkish province of Izmir and provide
maintenance, support and parts management for the Honeywell equipment at that
facility and at the company's refinery in the southeastern Turkish city of
Batman. Honeywell will provide round-the-clock support and a resident engineer
to provide quicker response times, adding to overall savings on maintenance, it
said in the statement.
The agreement runs through 2018.
In 2013,
Honeywell updated one of the largest control systems at the Aliaga
refinery.