Amec Foster Wheeler announces it has been awarded a contract by Singapore Refining Company (SRC), a joint venture between Singapore Petroleum Company and Chevron, to undertake Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) and Detailed Engineering Services for upgrade of its Crude and Vacuum heater efficiency which includes revamp of burners, air preheater and a common new chimney stack, in Jurong Island, Singapore.

The scope of the contract will include a Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP) and constructability studies. An Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCm) schedule will also be developed.

Jonathan Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, Amec Foster Wheeler plc:
"We look forward to applying our world-class refinery expertise to help Singapore Refining Company deliver efficiency and environmental performance improvements at its refinery."

SRC operates one of the refineries in Singapore, with a processing capacity of 290,000bpd, of crude oil and producing mainly fuel products distributed both to domestic and overseas markets.

Amec Foster Wheeler in Singapore

Singapore is Amec Foster Wheeler’s regional headquarters for South East Asia covering Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Vietnam with a total workforce of over 2,000 people.

Amec Foster Wheeler in Singapore has been designing and constructing industrial facilities since 1974. A fully fledged multi-disciplinary engineering office, Amec Foster Wheeler is currently one of the largest process plant contractors in the region, providing process design, detailed engineering and construction services.

About Amec Foster Wheeler

Amec Foster Wheeler designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers across the global energy and related sectors.

Employing around 36,000 people in more than 55 countries and with 2015 revenues of £5.5 billion, the company operates across the oil and gas industry – from production through to refining, processing and distribution of derivative products – and in the mining, clean energy, power generation, pharma, environment and infrastructure markets.

Amec Foster Wheeler offers full life-cycle services to offshore and onshore oil and gas projects (conventional and unconventional, upstream, midstream and downstream) for greenfield, brownfield and asset support projects, plus leading refining technology.

Amec Foster Wheeler shares are publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange and its American Depositary Shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Both trade under the ticker AMFW.