Plant Cost Estimation 1975 to Present

[bonzoboy]

Does anyone have a "rule-of-thumb" plant cost estimator for estimating refinery construction cost from 1975 to present? I realize that there are commercial versions of this, but I don't have a subscription to those versions. Perry's (my version) gives data from 1980 (=100) to 1993, but no later (and it doesn't go to 1975). Any direction to public domain or free data is appreciated.

 

[owg]

I have a file from DOE which includes the Nelson Refinery (Inflation) Indices from 1946 (100)and then from 1964 on up in 5 year intervals to 2000. I can't find it again on DOE site but I can send it to you if you give me an email address.

HAZOP at

http://www.curryhydrocarbons.ca

 

[owg]

On second thought I copied the numbers from the .pdf document, here they are.

Table 10
Nelson-Farrar Refinery Construction Index
Published in the Oil and Gas Journal
1946 100
1964 252
1965 261
1970 365
1975 576
1980 823
1985 1074
1990 1225.7
1995 1392.1
1996 1418.9
1997 1449.2
1998 1477.6
1999 1497.2
2000 1542.7


HAZOP at

http://www.curryhydrocarbons.ca