Shell Deer Park Considers $200 Million Expansion to Produce Additional Gasoline

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Deer Park Refining, Limited Partnership (DPRLP), is evaluating a $200 million expansion to increase production of gasoline at its 340,000 barrels per day refinery located in Deer Park, Texas. DPRLP, formed in February 1993, is a 50-50 joint venture partnership between Shell Oil Company and PMI Norteamerica, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex).

The expansion will include revamp work on two process units, the fluid catalytic cracking unit and a gasoline desulfurizer. Scope of work on the cat cracker includes: replacing the reactor vessel and the internals, revamp of the main fractionator and gas plant. This will allow the capacity of the unit to increase from 70,000 barrels per day to 85,000 barrels per day and increase gasoline conversion. The recently constructed low sulfur gasoline desulfurizer will be expanded as well.

DPRLP is currently working with Shell Global Solutions and expects to select an engineering firm in January to begin basic design. If approved in late 2006, construction could commence in early 2008, with the tie-ins taking place during a turnaround in early 2009.

DPRLP is located about 20 miles east of downtown Houston along the Ship Channel, and original operations began in 1929 as Shell Oil Company. The assets of the refinery are managed and operated by Shell Oil Company through Shell Deer Park Refining Company, a division of Shell Oil Products Company, a Shell Oil Company subsidiary.

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