Technip awarded halobutyl contract for Sabic, Exxon project

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Paris - Technip of Paris, France, has been awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of Al-Jubail Petrochemical Co.'s halobutyl facility, in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia.

The project management, engineering and construction company's operating centre in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, will execute the contract.

The facility is part of a Saudi elastomers programme undertaken by Al-Jubail, a joint venture between Sabic and Exxon Chemical Arabia, and will produce 110 000 tonnes per year of rubber using ExxonMobil licensed technology.

"We are glad to work on the implementation of this world-class facility, based on a state-of-art technology, in line with Saudi Arabia's strategic objectives. This contract reinforces Technip's leading position in the petrochemical business and in Saudi Arabia, where we have been present for more than 30 years," said Arturo Grimaldi, senior vice president of Technip Middle East Region.
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