BP Is Moving Forward with a Boiler NOx Reduction Project in South Carolina

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). BP (NYSE: BP) (Chicago, Illinois) plans to spend approximately $20 million at their Wando, (Cooper River) South Carolina purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. They will be adding two 415 million btu/hr low NOx burner boilers to replace two 242 million btu/hr steam boilers at the PTA plant, supporting the production of polyester fibers and films. The new boilers will burn natural gas and a very low sulfur distillate (VLSD) fuel oil, to replace the fuel oil currently being fired in the existing boilers. Two onsite storage tanks will make the transition to store the VLSD.

S&B Engineers and Constructors Limited (Houston, Texas) have been awarded the contract to engineer and install the new package boilers. Final construction permits are still pending and equipment installation should begin sometime in early 2005, with the completion date slated for the end of that same year.

BP is headquartered in London, England and is a world leader in the petrochemical, oil and gas, and energy industries. They are considered one of the third largest petrochemical companies in the world, and have manufacturing operations in the United States, Asia, and Europe.

For details see related industry alert: BP to Add Boilers and Looks at Purified Terephthalic Acid Debottleneck at Mid Atlantic U.S Chemical Plant

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