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The work is scheduled to be completed in 2015
19/10/2012
JGC wins Rabigh Phase II expansion contract
Will add an extra 300,000 t/y of ethylene capacity
Helen Tunnicliffe
SAUDI ARAMCO and Sumitomo have awarded the contract to expand an ethylene facility at the Rabigh refining and petrochemical project to JGC Gulf, the Saudi Arabian subsidiary of Japanese engineering company JGC.
The Rabigh petrochemical complex is owned by Petro Rabigh, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo. JGC Gulf will carry out engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work for the expansion, which will see the ethylene facility’s capacity increased from 1.3m t/y to 1.6m t/y. The work is scheduled to be completed in 2015.
JGC Gulf says it will be able to complete all the work on Saudi soil, which it says contributed to its successful bid for the project, as well as its track record of work in Saudi Arabia and cost-competitiveness.
Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo confirmed in May that they would go ahead with the expansion of the Rabigh complex following the successful completion of a feasibility study. The so-called Rabigh II project will also include a new aromatics complex.
