Firm lets contract for Al Jubail complex

June 2, 2005
Project Management & Development Co. Ltd. (PMDC) of Saudi Arabia let a contract to Fluor Corp. for front-end engineering, design, and project management consultancy services for a $3.5 billion petrochemicals complex in Al Jubail.

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, June 2 -- Project Management & Development Co. Ltd. (PMDC) of Saudi Arabia let a contract to Fluor Corp. for front-end engineering, design, and project management consultancy services for a $3.5 billion petrochemicals complex in Al Jubail. The contract value was not disclosed.

The complex will include a 1.35 million tonne/year (tpy) ethane-butane cracker, a 950,000 tpy polyethylene plant, a 600,000 tpy polypropylene plant, a 530,000 tpy ethylene oxide unit, and a 300,000 tpy Bisphenol-A plant with phenol and cumene units.

Additional derivative facilities will be installed for methylamines, ethanolamine, ethoxylates, butane-1, and benzene extraction.

Agreements with Saudi Aramco for ethane and butane feedstock are complete, as well as permitting for the commercial use of land and water.

Work on the project is under way. Site work, expected to start later this year, is scheduled for completion in 2008.