Honeywell to modernise Nordics’ largest refinery

January 2014 News

Honeywell has been selected by Preem AB to modernise one of Europe’s largest refineries, Preemraf Lysekil, with Honeywell’s Enhanced High Performance Process Manager (EHPM) industrial process controllers. The project should significantly extend the life of the existing control system at the Swedish refinery and Preem will use the enhanced high performance process manager to triple the capacity of the refinery’s existing controllers.

Preem has an annual refining capacity of more than 18 million metric tons, accounting for 75% of refining capacity in Sweden and about one-third of the entire Nordic region. The upgrade will be completed during planned maintenance at the refinery and will not require any additional downtime.

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