Technip Awarded SABIC Contract for Petrochemical Plant

Technip has signed a Letter of Intent - effective 11 May 2005 - with Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) for the construction of a large-scale ethylene and propylene production plant at the Yansab complex in Yanbu Industrial City, on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia.

The plant, with a production capacity of 1.3 million mt/year of ethylene and 400 thousand mt/year of propylene, will play a key role in SABIC's ambitious plan to significantly increase production of basic petrochemicals, intermediates and polymers by 2008.

The contract, on a lump sum turnkey basis, will be executed by Technip's Rome-based engineering centre. It covers basic and detail engineering, procurement and supply of materials, construction, precommissioning, commissioning and training of owner's personnel. The construction of the facilities will be handled by Technip Saudi Arabia.

The plant will be based on Technip's in-house technology and the proprietary SMK® cracking furnaces will be provided by Technip Benelux. These world-scale gas cracking furnaces will handle both ethane and propane feedstocks.

The project is scheduled to be completed in April 2008.

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Posted 18/05/05

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