Petroleum Corporation to Construct Sulfur Recovery Unit at California Refinery

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Tesoro Corporation (NYSE:TSO) (San Antonio, Texas) is planning to construct a new two-train, 380-ton-per-day sulfur recovery unit at its Golden Eagle refinery in Martinez, California. The new unit will be a Claus design and will include two supporting SCOT tail-gas treaters. The sulfur recovery unit will allow the refinery to process oil from Saudi Arabia, West Africa, and Russia's Sakhalin Island. The company will continue studying the project and expects to obtain approval in early 2010. Tesoro will select an engineering and construction company mid-2010 to perform engineering, procurement, and construction services for the project, which is expected to commence construction in 2012.

Tesoro Petroleum Corporation was founded in 1968 as a company primarily engaged in petroleum exploration and production. Today, Tesoro is a Fortune 500 company, and one of the largest independent petroleum refiners and marketers, operating six refineries in the United States. The refineries are located in Martinez, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; Mandan, North Dakota; Kenai, Alaska; Kapolei, Hawaii, and Anacortes, Washington. The company has a combined crude oil capacity of 558,000 barrels per day and employs more than 4,000 people.

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