Hayward Tyler Delivers Side Entry Mixers For Yemen Refineries
UK-based Hayward Tyler announced on 15 October that it had delivered eight gear driven side entry mixers in October for Yemen Refining Company’s ΄Aden and Marib refineries. The first eight side entry mixers were delivered in March 2006, bringing the total supplied to 16. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Southbank UK, Hayward Tyler is a manufacturer of pumps and motors for the power, oil and gas industry. While the ΄Aden refinery has a design capacity of 170,000 b/d, it is operating at around 100,000 b/d because of damage it sustained during the civil war. Under a modernization program, capacity is being increased to 150,000 b/d, with the addition of a new $200mn fractionation plant to produce unleaded gasoline, as well as additional electricity supply and the repair of other units (MEES, 21 January). The estimated cost of upgrades for both refineries is roughly $500mn.
΄Aden Refinery Fire
Five engineers were injured in a fire in one of ΄Aden’s two refining units late on 10 October, according to Yemen news agency Saba. The fire was controlled quickly and the damaged unit resumed activity after a few days.
Copyright MEES 2007.
