Jacobs Engineering Awarded Epoxy Resins Plant Contract By JANA
US-based Jacobs Engineering Group announced on 14 March that it had been awarded a contract by the Jubail Chemical Industrial Company (JANA) – a wholly owned subsidiary of NAMA Chemicals – for the provision of technical and management services for both its existing epichlorohydrin plant expansion and a new epichlorohydrin plant at Jubail on the east coast of Saudi Arabia. Under the terms of the agreement, Jacobs is set to provide technical and project management services for the debottlenecking of the existing epichlorohydrin plant, including utilities and tankage, and also cost estimates preparation and project management support for a new epichlorohydrin plant to be built at the same site.
In a press statement Jacobs said that the expansion is expected to “increase the epoxy resins production capacity to 240,000 tons/year” at the Jubail site. “The expansion projects are expected to provide high quality epoxy resins and intermediates to the markets we serve and add value to the kingdom’s economy, including employment,” NAMA CEO 'Abd al-Muhsin al-'Ugaili said.
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