Total Awards EPC Contract for Kerosene Hydrodesulfurization Unit Addition in German Refinery

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Total (Leipzig, Germany) has awarded Technip Germany (Dusseldorf, Germany) to perform engineering, procurement and construction services for a 120-ton-per-hour (19,000-barrel-per-day) kerosene hydrodesulfurization unit addition at its Leuna refinery in Germany. The project will allow the refinery to produce kerosene and light diesel oil to meet Germany's clean-fuel specification of 50 parts per million. The hydrotreater unit is expected to begin construction in early 2008, and construction is expected to be complete by late 2009.

Total is a multinational energy company that has operations in upstream, downstream and chemical sectors. Its upstream operations activities are in 42 countries, and it produces oil and gas in 30 countries. Total's refining capacity is estimated to be 2.7 million barrels per day. The company's chemical sector produces base chemicals and specialty chemicals for the industrial and consumer markets. The company employs about 95,000 people and operates in more than 130 countries.

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