BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
25/01/2006
Siemens equips refinery in Belarus with power supply systems
/noticias.info/ The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has received orders from the JSC "Mozyr Oil Refinery" in Belarus to equip the alkylation plant and the extractive distillation plant with new power supply systems. The projects also include uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, basic automation and HMI systems. The total value of the orders is around 3.5 million euros.
The JSC "Mozyr Oil Refinery" in the Gomel region of the southeast of White Russia is one of the largest refineries in the country. In 2004, around six million tonnes of crude oil were refined. This corresponds to 45 per cent of total production of Belarus. A large proportion of the products are exported to European countries. In the framework of a comprehensive modernization program, the company is currently renovating the alkylation plant and the extractive distillation plant.
Siemens is supplying and installing the power supply systems needed for this purpose. The alkylation plant is being equipped with new medium-voltage switchgear, transformers and a new low-voltage supply system including protection equipment. An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system will guarantee the availability of electrical energy in the event of brief power cuts or voltage fluctuations. In addition, Siemens is supplying all the basic automation, which is based on Simatic S7 programmable controllers. WinCC will be used for HMI tasks. The extractive distillation plant is also being equipped with new low-voltage equipment, a UPS system and new basic automation. Here as well, WinCC will be used for visualization. The plant personnel will be able to gain an up-to-date overview of the current status of the electrical equipment at any time. Functional faults can be diagnosed as soon as they occur and can be located and rectified in a very short time. This will increase the availability of the plant.
Main reasons why Siemens was awarded the contract were the good level of cooperation between the JSC "Moyzr Oil Refinery" and Siemens in past projects, and the high quality of the Siemens equipment. In 2002, for example, Siemens had equipped the catalytic cracker of the refinery with a new power supply system. After start-up, this facility has been operating for a total of two years without failures.
Further information under: http://www.siemens.com/oil-gas
The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) is the integrator of systems and solutions for industrial and infrastructure facilities and global service provider for the plant and projects business covering planning, installation, operation and the entire life cycle. I&S uses the electrical and technical products of other Siemens Groups in order to enhance productivity and improve competitiveness of companies in the sectors of metallurgy, water treatment, pulp and paper, oil and gas, marine engineering, open-cast mining, intelligent traffic systems and industrial services. In fiscal 2004 (to September 30) I&S employed a total of 30,000 people worldwide and achieved total sales of EUR 4.290 billion.
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