Eric Watkins
Senior Correspondent
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 -- Qatar Petroleum subsidiary Qatar Intermediate Industries Holding Co. Ltd. has awarded contracts to two subsidiaries of Foster Wheeler's Global Engineering & Construction Group for work on a proposed grassroots petrochemical complex at Mesaieed, Qatar.
One contract calls for Foster Wheeler to execute the front-end engineering and design, while the other is to provide project management and construction management services. Foster Wheeler said its work also includes procurement of long-lead items.
For this project, Qatar Holding is establishing a joint venture company with South Korea's Honam Petrochemical Corp.
The firm said the new complex, slated for completion in 2011, will include world-scale olefins and aromatics units, which will supply ethylene, propylene, and benzene to the downstream polypropylene, ethylbenzene, styrene monomer, and polystyrene facilities.
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