Mammoet’s heavy lifting and transport solutions for a turnaround at Saudi Aramco’s refinery

Mammoet’s heavy lifting and transport solutions for a turnaround at Saudi Aramco’s refinery

Saudi Aramco's 126,000bpd Riyadh refinery is one of Saudi Arabia's oldest grassroots refineries; it was built in the late 1970s, with some of its existing equipment now reaching the end of its mechanical life. The company has planned maintenance at the refinery, including the upgrade of its hydroprocessing capabilities. The upgrades are designed to maximise low-sulphur content production, as part of Saudi Aramco's programme to comply with an ever-increasing demand for globally compliant fuels.Mammoet was approached by Jacobs Zate, the FEED and Project Management Consultant, to complete a route survey and lifting study for this complex turnaround back in early 2018, and in 2019, Al Rushaid Construction Company (ARCC), a Saudi industrial construction, maintenance and fabrication company, awarded Mammoet the contract to