By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 6 – Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co. (Takreer) has let a contract to Shaw Group Inc. for project management consulting services during the engineering, procurement, and construction phase of a base oils plant at the Ruwais Industrial Complex in Abu Dhabi.
Takreer, a unit of Abu Dhabi National Co., is doubling capacity of the Ruwais refinery to 817,000 b/d and expanding a petrochemicals complex at the site (OGJ, Oct. 27, 2008, Newsletter). The refinery expansion is to be complete in 2014.
The Shaw contract involves a plant able to produce 500,000 tons/year of Group III base oils and 100,000 tons/year of Group II base oils. Start-up is scheduled for 2013.
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