ConocoPhillips Coker and Refinery Expansion (CORE) Project

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Project Name	CORE Projects
Client	ConocoPhillips (now Phillips 66)
Engineer	Fluor, Jacobs, Bechtel
Location	Wood River, IL
Project Duration	39 months
Completion Date	2011

Cherne was awarded the construction of the Coker and Refinery Expansion (CORE) work in a contract directly with ConocoPhillips. This project was undertaken to handle the heavy crude imported from Canada and to increase the clean product yield to approximately 87%.

The contract scope included the following work which was self-performed by Cherne:
Civil, Foundations Equipment Erection Piping Concrete Fireproofing	Instrumentation Electrical Insulation Structural Steel Erection
Cherne performed the following work on a subcontract basis:
Mass Excavation Pile Installation Rebar Installation Drilled Pier Installation Asphalt Paving	Fireproofing Structural Steel Erection Painting Hydro excavation NDE
The overall CORE Project included the following packages:
CCU1, CCU2 and DU1 Metallurgy Revamps CCU1 & 2 Consent Decree CCU1 and DU1 Maintenance Turnaround CCU2, ULD1 and HCU Debottleneck DU2 Lube Crude Unit Capital and Restart HCF Revamp and Restart ULD2 Conversion and Restart CGP Gas plant OSBL Consent Decree Hydrogen Plant No. 2 Coker Steam Tracing

The projects were completed with an overall Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 0.35 and OSHA Lost Time Rate of 0.00.