Alfa Laval Receives Order from Russian Oil Giant LUKOIL.STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Alfa Laval Alfa Laval AB is a Swedish company, founded in 1883 by Gustaf de Laval and Oscar Lamm. The company is a leading producer of specialized products and solutions used to heat, cool, separate and transport products such as oil, water, chemicals, beverages, foodstuffs, starch and - a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - has received an order for the supply of spiral and all welded plate heat exchangers The plate heat exchanger (PHE) was invented by Dr Richard Seligman in 1923 and revolutionised methods of indirect heating and cooling of fluids. A plate heat exchanger is a type of heat exchanger that uses metal plates to transfer heat between two fluids. to Russian oil giant LUKOIL. The order value is about SEK SEK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 50 million. Delivery will take place during 2007. Alfa Laval in Russia has a favorable development in the oil & gas and power sectors. A huge demand for energy resources, as well as Alfa Laval's good reputation with successful references, creates large potentials for the company within the energy sector. LUKOIL has a leading position in the Russian energy sector. About the project In 2005 LUKOIL began a complex reconstruction and modernization of the Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod (nyēsh`nyī nôf`gərəd), formerly Gorky or Gorki, city (1989 pop. refinery. The project is aimed at implementation of cracking processes based on deep oil refinery. The system consists of among others units for gudron visbreaking, catalytic cracking, as well as fluorine-hydrogen alkylation alkylation /al·kyl·a·tion/ (al?ki-la´shun) the substitution of an alkyl group for an active hydrogen atom in an organic compound. al·kyl·a·tion n. and new infrastructure and plant facilities. The equipment from Alfa Laval will be a part in the gudron visbreaking unit in LUKOIL's Nizhny Novgorod refinery. In the visbreaking process heavy fractions from the initial distillation processes in the refinery are thermally cracked to lighter fractions. These fractions are used as fuel oil or are processed further in the refinery into e.g. motor fuels. The gudron visbreaking unit is planned for start-up in 2007. About LUKOIL LUKOIL is one of the world's leading oil & gas companies. Main activities of the company are exploration and production of oil & gas, production of petroleum products and petrochemicals, and marketing of these outputs. Most of the company's exploration and production activity is located in Russia, and its main resource base is in Western Siberia Western Siberia is a part of Siberia located between the Ural mountains and a watershed of the rivers Ob and Yenisei. Politically-administratively the territory of Western Siberia is divided into Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, and Tümen Provinces, Hunty-Mansi Autonomous . The company is the second largest private oil company worldwide by proven hydrocarbon reserves. www.lukoil.com About Alfa Laval in Russia Alfa Laval has more than 100 year's presence and a very strong position on the Russian market. With its ten sales offices in Russia, five of which are located east of the Ural Mountains Ural Mountains Mountain range, Russia and Kazakhstan. Generally held to constitute the boundary between Europe and Asia, the range extends north-south for some 1,550 mi (2,500 km) from just south of the Kara Sea to the Ural River; a southward spur extends into northwestern , Alfa Laval has a strong local presence. Important areas of business in Russia are e.g. oil refining, chemical and petrochemical industries, oil & gas production, district heating District heating (less commonly called teleheating) is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements. , environment, food, brewery and vegetable oil. About Alfa Laval Alfa Laval (STO:ALFA) is a leading global provider of specialized products and engineering solutions based on its key technologies of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling. The company's equipment, systems and services are dedicated to assisting customers in optimizing the performance of their processes. The solutions help them to heat, cool, separate and transport products in industries that produce food and beverages F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. , chemicals and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, starch, sugar and ethanol. Alfa Laval's products are also used in power plants, aboard ships, in the mechanical engineering industry, in the mining industry and for wastewater treatment, as well as for comfort climate and refrigeration refrigeration, process for drawing heat from substances to lower their temperature, often for purposes of preservation. Refrigeration in its modern, portable form also depends on insulating materials that are thin yet effective. applications. Alfa Laval's worldwide organization works closely with customers in nearly 100 countries to help them stay ahead in the global arena. Alfa Laval is listed on the Stockholm Exchange and, in 2005, posted annual sales of about SEK 16.5 billion (approx. 1.8 billion euros). The company has some 10,000 employees. www.alfalalval.com This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net |
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