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Alfa Laval wins energy efficiency order in North Africa

The order comprises different types of air coolers for energy efficiency duties. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

Alfa Laval, a specialist in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply Alfa Laval OLMI air coolers to a refinery in Egypt

The order has a value of approximately US$11mn (SEK 95 million) and was booked in the business unit Welded Heat Exchangers of the Energy Division. Deliveries are scheduled for 2021 and 2022. 

The order comprises different types of air coolers for energy efficiency duties and will be used for converting heavy crude oil into more valuable products. The air coolers, delivered stepwise, is part of a project to upgrade the refinery with more efficient technologies.

?Managing energy in a responsible way is of big importance to the energy-intensive refinery and petrochemical industries. Our energy-efficient heat transfer solutions play an important role in saving energy, thereby also reducing CO2 emissions. It has a positive impact on both our customers? bottom line and the climate,? said Susanne Pahl?n ?klundh, president of the energy division at Alfa Laval.