DUBAI- United Arab Emirates' ADNOC Refining said on Thursday it has awarded a Pre-Front End Engineering and Designing (Pre-FEED) contract to John Wood Group for a new refinery in Ruwais.

The company said it is accelerating deliver of its 165 billion dirham ($45 billion) downstream expansion aimed at increasing "the range and volume of high-value downstream products" it sells.

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