Foster Wheeler Awarded PMC Contract in by Aromatics Co Thailand

Foster Wheeler Ltd's Thailand subsidiary has been selected as the Project Management Contractor (PMC) for The Aromatics (Thailand) Public Company Limited (ATC) Reformer and Aromatics Complex II Project to be located at Map Ta Phut, Thailand.

"Foster Wheeler is delighted to be awarded this contract by ATC," said Franco Anselmi, chief executive officer of Foster Wheeler Asia Pacific.

"We are pleased to award this contract to Foster Wheeler," said Khun Permsak Sherawattananon, president of The Aromatics (Thailand) Public Company Limited. "We have selected Foster Wheeler as they are recognized as the leading company, most capable of executing this work, and this project will build on the successful working relationship developed on many previous projects. The Reformer and Aromatics Complex II Project is a sophisticated, world-scale development and we require a project management contractor with a proven track record of managing the implementation of such facilities in Thailand, who will work with us to meet our long-term business objectives."

Foster Wheeler's role as PMC contractor covers the co-ordination of the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning phases of the project, scheduled for completion in 2008. The EPC contract for the Reformer and Aromatics Complex II Project has been awarded to a consortium of Korean contractors and an EPC contract for the offsite interconnecting pipelines has been let to a Thai company. The new facilities will produce 565,000 tonnes per year (MT/Y) of paraxylene, 301,000 MT/Y of benzene and 60,000 MT/Y of toluene.

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Posted 16/11/05

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