Mar. 28 – The Walter Tosto Group is increasingly international. This time, the world leader in large boiler systems for Oil & Gas, which had a turnover in 2013 of €100 million, has won two prestigious contracts in North America: one in Texas for OxyChem and Mexichem for an ethylene plant worth $1 billion; another in Canada for Sturgeon Refinery – North West Redwater worth $6 billion. In Texas, the Group will build the technological heart of the system for the production of ethylene; while in Canada the Group was chosen for the first construction phase of the North West Upgrading and Canadian Natural Resources Limited plant. In Texas, Walter Tosto will provide a 600 tons column, worth €2 million, for one of the major refineries for ethylene in the world. The complex will be built near the city of Corpus Christi, one of the first areas explored by the conquistadores in their search for Eldorado. The construction of this refinery will be completed in February 2017. At full capacity, it will produce 1.2 billion pounds per year of ethylene and will employ more than 100 skilled workers. In Canada, the company was awarded the contract for the supply of four reactors, worth €10 million, for the gasification unit. The Sturgeon Refinery – North West Redwater will be located 45 kilometers north-east of Edmonton, the capital of Alberta. At full capacity, the plant will have a production capacity of 7.5 million tons of crude oil per year and will be one of the most technologically advanced in North America.
