Chevron lets contract for Cape Town refinery

Chevron South Africa (Pty.) Ltd., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp., has let a contract to a division of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. to supply engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services at its 110,000-b/d refinery in Cape Town, South Africa.

Under the multiyear contract, which replaces a previous agreement signed in 2004, Jacobs Engineering will continue to provide personnel as well as EPCM services to the Cape Town refinery to support Chevron’s long-term capital project performance improvement plan for the plant, the service company said.

Jacobs Matasis (Pty.) Ltd., a subsidiary jointly owned with Matasis Investment Holdings (Pty.) Ltd. and based in Cape Town, will be responsible for executing the EPCM services portion of the agreement, Jacobs Engineering said.

The value of the contract was not disclosed.