S&B completes two NGL fractionation plants for Phillips 66 in Texas

US-based engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm S&B Engineers and Constructors has completed two natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation plants for energy manufacturing and logistics company Phillips 66.

The two new facilities are located at Phillips 66-owned Sweeny Hub in Old Ocean, Texas, US.

S&B, the project contractor, announced that the project has been completed on-time. Peak construction of the project took place during a time when coronavirus cases were surging across the US.

S&B noted that the NGL fractionation plants will have a combined capacity of 300,000 barrels per day, quadrupling the Sweeny Hub’s processing capacity to 400,000 barrels per day.

S&B Engineers and Constructors COO David Taylor said: “The successful completion of this project is due to our team and the partnership we created with Phillips 66 throughout the entire process.

“Planning, designing, and building a large-scale plant, such as this, takes a significant amount of time and effort. Phillips 66 trusted our processes, procedures and workflows, which created an environment that allowed us all to succeed.”

The US-based EPC firm has designed and built 13 natural gas liquids fractionation plants over the past five years.

Completion of the latest project brings S&B’s design and installation of NGL fractionation capacity for its clients to over two million barrels per day.

Taylor added: “With 2,000 people working on site, we took precautions early to ensure the safety of our team members.

“Mandates for face coverings, staggered lunches and buses, social distancing, and compliance auditing were all important protocol changes that our team members had to accommodate to keep each other safe.”

In June 2018, Phillips 66 decided to proceed with expansion of Sweeny NGL project, with a $1.5bn investment.