US energy infrastructure provider CB&I said on Monday it has signed with
Serbian oil and gas company NIS a deal for the technology license and
front end engineering design of a delayed coker unit at its Pancevo
refinery.
The project scope includes an extensive process planning study
for the refinery, which will evaluate how to best integrate the delayed coker
with the refinery's existing CB&I fluid catalytic cracking unit and Chevron
Lummus Global hydrocracker, CB&I said in a statement.
Chevron Lummus
Global is a joint venture between CB&I and Chevron.
The Serbian
company operates two refineries - the second one is located in Novi Sad, with a
combined annual capacity of 5.3 million t. The Pancevo refinery alone has an
annual capacity of 4.8 million t.
NIS, majority-owned by Russia's Gazprom
Neft, is one of the largest vertically integrated oil and gas companies in
Southeast Europe. Its main activities include the exploration, production and
processing of oil and gas, as well as the production and retail of a wide range
of petroleum products.