據油氣新聞網1月10日報道，霍尼韋爾日前宣布，位于伊拉克庫爾德地區的Lanaz公司將使用UOP模塊化石腦油加氫處理和固定床平臺工藝設備對其在伊拉克的煉油廠進行升級，以生產更清潔的運輸燃料。

該項目標志著UOP模塊化技術在該國的首次使用，將幫助Lanaz遵守日益嚴格的燃料產品規范。

UOP已向位于庫爾德地區首府埃爾比勒的Lanaz提供許可和基本工程設計服務以及完整的模塊化單元。

隨著發展中經濟體的煉油廠尋求升級其設施，以生產高品質的汽油，許多煉油廠都在尋求模塊化解決方案，在場外安全可控的環境下完成預制和組裝，以保持成本和降低風險。此外，模塊化技術提供了更快的操作途徑，設備上線時間更短。

UOP工藝技術公司副總裁兼總經理Laura Leonard表示，與現場建造的設施相比，根據容量和位置的不同，UOP的模塊化技術可以減少20%以上的施工和安裝成本。并補充道，通過使用這項技術進行升級，Lanaz可以比傳統的現場制造模式快一年到18個月開始運營，并快速生產高品質汽油以滿足不斷增長的需求。

Lanaz煉油廠是一家設備齊全的高產能煉油廠，于2008年在伊拉克庫爾德地區建造，日加工原油約10萬桶。

郝芬 譯自 油氣新聞網

原文如下：

Iraq refinery project marks first use of Honeywell UOP technology

Honeywell has announced that the Lanaz Company, a compaany based in Kurdistan region of Iraq, will use UOP modular naphtha hydrotreating and fixed-bed Platforming process units to upgrade its refinery in Iraq so it can produce more cleaner-burning transportation fuels. 

The project marks the first use of UOP modular technology in the country and will help Lanaz comply with increasingly strict specifications for fuel products.

UOP has supplied licensing and basic engineering design services as well as full modular units to Lanaz, based in Kurdistan capital Erbil.

As refiners in developing economies seek to upgrade their facilities to produce high-quality gasoline, many are seeking modular solutions to maintain costs and mitigate risk with pre-fabrication and assembly completed in a safe and controlled environment off-site. In addition, modular technology provides a faster pathway to operations with facilities coming online less time.

"Depending upon capacity and location, UOP’s modular technologies can reduce construction and installation costs more than 20 percent compared with systems constructed on site," said Laura Leonard, vice president and general manager, UOP Process Technologies. 

"By upgrading with this technology, Lanaz can start operations between a year and 18 months faster than the traditional field-fabricated model, and quickly produce high-quality gasoline to meet growing demand," he added.

The Lanaz Refinery is a fully equipped, high capacity refinery built in 2008 in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and processes about 100,000 bpd of crude oil.