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Bechtel’s ThruPlus® Delayed Coking Technology

Selected for Egyptian Refinery
 02 May 2016  HOUSTON, Texas

Company Partners with Assiut Oil Refining Company for a New

Delayed Coking Unit
Bechtel has signed a license agreement with Assiut Oil Refining Company (ASORC), a
subsidiary of Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), for the process design of a
delayed coking unit at the Assiut refinery in Egypt. The new delayed coking unit will be
part of the US$ 1.5 billion refinery modernization program, using Bechtel's proprietary
ThruPlus® coking technology to upgrade heavy oil into high-value, light hydrocarbon
liquids.

"Investment in the Assiut Refinery will increase production of petroleum products to meet
Upper Egypt’s growing demands, while maintaining important environmental standards,"
said Nagi Abd El-Ghaffar Kassab, chairman of ASORC. "The addition of a modern delayed
coking unit was determined to be the most economical option to allow the refinery to
increase complexity and eliminate heavy fuel oil product."

"Implementation of Bechtel’s ThruPlus® technology combined with our delayed coking

expertise and extensive experience of our people will increase the efficiency of the Assiut
refinery," said Dan Olsen, president of Bechtel Hydrocarbon Technology Solutions. “We
are looking forward to working with ASORC to support their goal of expanding the
refinery’s capabilities aligned with Egypt’s strategic energy and economic goals. The use
of ThruPlus® technology at the Assiut refinery will also enhance efficiency of EGPC
operations as they already use the technology at a refinery in Alexandria operated by
another subsidiary, Middle East Oil Refining Co.” 

Bechtel Hydrocarbon Technology Solutions (/services/oil-gas-chemicals/bhts/) is a

Bechtel subsidiary that provides technology licensing and process consulting services to
the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry. Bechtel Hydrocarbon Technology Solutions
acquired ThruPlus® technology from ConocoPhilips in 2011. 

About ASORC
Assiut Oil Refining Company (ASORC) is a subsidiary of Egyptian General Petroleum
Corporation. It was established in October 1984 to meet the needs of Upper Egypt for
petroleum products.  ASORC-owned refinery is located 400 km south of Cairo on over
1037 acres. The grass-roots refinery has the capacity of 4.5 MM T/Y of distillation crude.
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ASORC is in the process of developing a new Naphtha complex (NHT, CCR and
Isomerization unit) with a capacity 660,000 T/Y to provide high value gasoline for Upper
Egypt.

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