PIC / Dow Chemical Olefins II Ethylene and Derivatives Complex, Shuaiba, Kuwait
Key Data:
Plant owner
Dow Chemical / Petrochemical Industries Company
Plant location
Shuaiba, Kuwait
Olefins complex products
Ethylene, 850,000tpa; ethylene oxide / ethylene glycol, 600,000tpa; polyethylene expansion
Aromatics complex products
Ethyl benzene / styrene, 450,000tpa; paraxylene, 760,000tpa; benzene 325,000tpa
Investment
$2bn for Olefins II
Key Players:
Project finance advice
Ashurst Morris Crisp
Project finance
National Bank of Kuwait and Kuwait Finance, with participation from 20 regional and international banks
Ethylene contract
Technip
Ethylene technology
Technip
Ethylene oxide / ethylene glycol technology
Dow Chemical
Utilities and infrastructure
Fluor Corporation
Front end engineering / overall project management
Fluor Corporation
Tubular reactors
Larson & Toubro
Provision of electrical power
ABB
Provision of substations
ABB-led consortium including Exsym
Logistics Support
PWC Logistics
Ethylene oxide engineering, procurement and construction supervision contract
Foster Wheeler
Ethylene oxide process technology
Union Carbide's Meteor process
