Romanian energy company OMV Petrom has awarded UK engineering company John Wood Group (Wood) a contract for work at its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) refinery in Romania.
As part of the project, OMV has said it would be investing €750M (US$805M) in its Petrobrazi refinery in in a bid to become the first major SAF production facility in the region.
Following delivery of the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for this project, Wood would also be delivering engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) to install a new bio-hydrotreater unit and relevant storage facilities at the refinery, the company said on 19 December.
In an earlier announcement on 11 June, OMV Petrom said its plans for the site included a SAF/hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) facility and two facilities for green hydrogen for use in biofuels production.
Located in the southern city of Ploiesti, the SAF/HVO production facility would have a production capacity of 250,000 tonnes/year and would also produce by-products like bio-naphtha and bio-LPG, for use in the chemical industry, OMV Petrom said.
According to its website, OMV Petrom is the largest integrated energy producer in southeastern Europe. The group has a refining capacity of 4.5M tonnes/year and operates an 860MW gas-fired power plant. It is active in the oil products retail market in Romania and neighbouring countries through approximately 780 petrol stations under two brands – OMV and Petrom.
John Wood Group is active in 60 countries in a range of sectors: oil and gas; hydrogen; carbon capture; power; renewable; chemicals; life sciences; and minerals and metals.
