Foster Wheeler - Chemical and Petrochemicals Contractors

Foster Wheeler has over 70 years’ experience in the chemicals and petrochemicals industry. Our broad experience and capabilities encompass plants that produce feedstocks, intermediate products and finished products. We offer expertise in the entire value chain of the industry, from the wellhead to the LNG and gas-to-liquids, refining and petrochemicals, to fine chemicals.

Our major operating centers, regional offices, local and strategic partners ensure that we are ideally placed to provide expert help to the chemicals industry.

CHEMICALS CONSULTANCY

We complete investment studies and technology evaluations for petrochemical revamps, upgrades, grassroots plants and refinery integration. Our clients include operating companies, government bodies and institutions. We offer a full planning service, from feasibility studies to the implementation of an overall plan. We identify chemical industry marketing opportunities, and optimise processing facilities for our clients.

REFINERY INTEGRATION PLANNING

We combine objective technology selection, linear programming or simulation modelling of petrochemicals configuration options, and cost estimates based on real in-house data and in-depth local knowledge. These skills are particularly useful when used to update scheduling and planning capability for refinery integration.

EPCPROJECT MANAGEMENT

We are industry-recognised for providing commendable project management as an integral part of our EPC project execution. We deliver a high quality product, from engineering experts whose design focus is on safety, cost and operability. Our engineers are involved in the job through to the site, and take an active role in construction and commissioning.

We have the ability to meet the specific requirements of our customers, in terms of materials and services, costs, schedule, quality local content and export credit needs. We have successfully developed and worked with chemical equipment vendors in China, India and other lower-cost fabrication vendors.

CHEMICAL REFINERY MANAGEMENT

We have a strong record of involvement in some of the world’s largest chemical refinery projects. Examples include:

• ExxonMobil’s Singapore Parallel Train
• Shell Eastern Petroleum, Singapore
• Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan for Tatneft
• IOCL, Paradip, India

These projects involve expertise in the newest technologies, such as high olefins-producing FCCs and gasification.

CHEMICAL PLANT TURNAROUND CONSULTING

Foster Wheeler has a proven ability to oversee turnarounds, safely and as quickly as possible. We can manage the entire operation or operate as part of a team or alliance to complete the goal. Our ability to react promptly and manage any emergent work throughout enables us to meet the most challenging of schedules.

ONSITE CHEMICAL PLANT SUPPORT

Our term service agreements enable us to maintain strong working relationships with many of our clients. We provide local and onsite flexible and responsive services for a complete range of projects, backed up by the expert resources in our chemicals engineering department.