Aramco Overseas Company (AOC), a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, and Dow Europe have awarded a contract to Foster Wheeler to develop a propylene oxide (PO) unit at Jubail Industrial City in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
Construction of the PO unit, which will be constructed, owned and operated by a joint venture (JV) of Saudi Aramco and Dow, Sadara Chemical, is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2015.
Foster Wheeler said the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) deal has been awarded as an extension to the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract given by AOC and Dow in 2008.
The undisclosed contract value for the project will be included in the company's fourth-quarter 2011 bookings, according to Foster Wheeler.
"The PO unit of the Jubail project will be managed by our Thailand operation, bringing the additional benefit of rolling over the high-performing, experienced Thai PO project team onto the Jubail project," said Foster Wheeler COO Umberto della Sala.
"We also continue to support Saudi Aramco and Dow by executing additional FEED work scopes and assisting in the management of various other elements of the overall Jubail project."
PO, which is mainly used for the production of polyether polyols, is used for making polyurethane plastics.
Foster Wheeler also supplies and delivers technically advanced, reliable facilities and equipment.
The company's Global Engineering and Construction Group designs and constructs processing facilities for the upstream oil and gas, LNG and gas-to-liquids, refining, chemicals and petrochemicals, power, mining and metals, environmental, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and healthcare industries.
