OREANDA-NEWS. April 10, 2014. Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Company Limited has let a contract to Yokogawa China Company Limited , a subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corporation to supply control systems for two oil plant construction projects in China.

The first of these project orders is for an advanced 450,000 tonne per year coal oil co processing pilot plant that will convert coal and refining residues into diesel oil and other products under construction by Yanchang Petro’s subsidiary Oil-coal New Technology Corporation.

The second order is for the first phase of a coal tar hydrogenation plant that will produce light and heavy paraffin oil from coal tar to be constructed by Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Anyuan Chemical Company Limited also a Yanchang Petro subsidiary. Once completed, the planned 1 million tonne per year plant will be one of the largest of its type in China.

Under the terms of its contract, Yokogawa will provide Yanchang Petro the CENTUM VP integrated control system for both projects as well as engineering and commissioning services.

The two plants are scheduled to be commissioned in June. Both of these plants also will use KBR’s Veba Combi Cracking process technology to convert petroleum residues into gasoline and diesel oil products.