Refining/Petrochemical Power Generation

Rising demand for oil and gas has increased pressures facing refinery operators. Although supply for oil receives most of the industry press, without ability to refine the crude oil into useable products, will continue to put stress on economies.

There has not been a new refinery built in the US in 30 years, due to $2-4B upfront cost of building a new refinery, environmental concerns on refinery emissions and discharge limits, and governmental red tape. A new variable for potential new refineries is how ethanol and mixed fuels for transportation fuels will play out. Even so, the EPA recently issued a permit for a new Arizona refinery.

However, existing refineries are struggling to increase their limited return on capital and are fighting environmental red-tape every step of the way. Limited profitability of smaller refineries is actually causing plants producing less than 100,000 barrel a day to shutdown. Larger refineries are pushing aged plants to the limits and are running at over 90% capacity.

Difficulty in acquiring permits to build new plants has increased the demand to expand and upgrade existing plants. Refineries are also retrofitting existing operations to lower sulfur requirements for gasoline and diesel, the industry expects to spend $20B over the next decade on desulferization equipment, all of which does not actually add any additional refining capacity

AETI has served the refinery industry for over 50 years. We enable refineries and operators by providing power delivery equipment for the following types of refinery projects:

• Plant expansions to increase capacity
• Plant upgrades to new technology
• New unit to increase capacity

Our products offered for refinery projects include:

• Unit substations
• Integrates powerhouses
• Medium and low voltage switchgear
• Motor control centers
• Automation systems
• Bus ducts
• Technical field services
• E&I construction services
• Turnkey installations