US firm, McDermott International, Inc announced in a statement that, it has been awarded a contract for Mixed Feed Cracker (MFC) for the Amiral Complex.
The project location is in Jubail, eastern region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The project has been awarded by Saudi Aramco and Total Raffinage Chimie (Total).
The engineering firm did not provide the exact value of the contract, but specified that as per its classification, the Large project is in the range of over $50 million.
As per the contract, Mc Dermott will provide licenses, basic engineering package, extended basic engineering, training, technical services and supply of proprietary equipment for what will be one of the world’s largest mixed feed crackers.
McDermott’s Lummus Technology will provide licensing and engineering services for its olefins technology, low pressure recovery (refinery off-gas recovery and treating), pygas hydrotreating, CDMtbe Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) (production technology using catalytic distillation), CDIB (back cracking of MTBE to produce high purity isobutylene and methanol) and the BASF NMP (N-methylpyrrolidone-based butadiene extraction process).
In addition, Lummus will provide its proprietary Short Residence Time (SRT) heaters.
“This award sets the foundation for Saudi Aramco and Total to deliver a world-scale integrated refinery and petrochemicals complex,” said by Mr. Linh Austin, Senior Vice President, Middle East and North Africa.
About Amiral Complex:
Earlier during Oct 2018, Saudi Aramco and Total SA signed an engineering and design contract for a $9 billion Amiral petrochemical complex that will convert fossil fuels into building blocks for plastics.
The Amiral complex will be able to produce 2.7 million tons of chemicals annually. The project will be completed by late 2023 or early 2024.
