The pumps will be used in the refinery’s new H-Oil & VGO complex in Burgas, Bulgaria, which converts heavy residues to high-valued products. The H-Oil & VGO complex has expected capacity of 47,000 barrels per day.
Flowserve ebullating pumps can withstand the high temperatures and pressures required by the H-Oil RC process used at the Burgas ebullated bed hydrocracker. The pumps will be equipped with Flowserve Technology Advantage Online Assurance, a program available through the newly formed Flowserve Integrated Solutions Group that is designed to provide 24/7 monitoring and life-cycle management to optimize asset availability.
Tom Ferguson, president of Flow Solutions Group at Flowserve, said: “High crude oil prices and declining supplies of light sweet crude oil are causing refiners to invest heavily in processes that maximize the yield from every barrel of oil. Flowserve has developed proprietary pumping technology and solutions that are well positioned to support the growing residuum upgrading industry.”
Flowserve will support the Lukoil Neftochim Burgas H-Oil & VGO project through its global network of quick response centers (QRCs). QRCs offer a range of service and support activities to help customers maximize the effectiveness of their operations.
