Foster Wheeler is awarded low-sulfur diesel project in Saudi Arabia

April 8, 2004
Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Co. Ltd. awarded Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd., Clinton, NJ, the contract for detailed engineering, procurement, and construction planning for a low-sulfur automotive diesel project at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Apr. 8 -- Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Co. Ltd. awarded Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd., Clinton, NJ, the contract for detailed engineering, procurement, and construction planning for a low-sulfur automotive diesel project at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

The total investment value of the project is $18 million. Terms of the Foster Wheeler contract were not disclosed.

The work follows the October 2003 completion by Foster Wheeler of the front-end engineering design for the project, which upgrades refinery facilities to produce low-sulfur diesel.

The project is scheduled for completion during the refinery turnaround early in 2006.