WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - The Shaw Group Inc. (SHAW) announced that it has received a contract to provide the technology license and process design package for the revamp of a residue fluid catalytic cracking or RFCC unit for Star Petroleum Refining Company in Map Ta Phut, Thailand. The company stated that this design will upgrade the 40,800 barrels per day RFCC unit by incorporating the latest advances in reactor system technology. The undisclosed value of the contract was included in Shaw's Energy & Chemicals segment's backlog of unfilled orders in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012. Shaw jointly developed the proprietary RFCCU technology through an alliance with Axens and Total that began in the early 1990s.
Copyright RTT News/dpa-AFX
