Sunoco, Inc. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Client:
Sunoco, Inc.

In order to comply with the Tier II Clean Fuels Act regulating sulfur content in gasoline, Sunoco constructed four new Low Sulfur Gasoline processing units. The units were located at four sites throughout Sunoco’s Northeast Refining Complex.

Tie-ins to existing refinery systems will be uniquely designed and constructed for each facility. the team, in conjunction with the on-site Construction Manager, is providing Construction Management Services for the Philadelphia, PA and Marcus Hook, PA refineries.

The Services include development and maintenance of a resource loaded CPM schedule, cost management, productivity analysis, technical document distribution and control, Request for Information (RFI) preparation and response, contract administration, change order review and response and submittal coordination. The team also provided recommendations on all cost and schedule issues.

A program of phased starts was implemented for the Pennsylvania projects to allow best efficiency of local construction resources. Start up and commissioning of the Philadelphia unit occurred July 2005. The Marcus Hook unit’s start up and commissioning occurred in October 2005. All four units met the EPA operational constraint date of January 1, 2006.

Sunoco, Inc., headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, is a leading manufacturer and marketer of petroleum and petrochemical products. With 890,000 barrels per day of refining capacity, 4,528 retail sites selling gasoline and convenience items, over 4,500 miles of crude oil and refined product owned and operated pipelines and 34 product terminals, Sunoco is one of the largest independent refiner-marketers in the United States. Sunoco is also a significant manufacturer of petrochemicals with annual sales of approximately five billion pounds, largely chemical intermediates used to make fibers, plastics, film, and resins.