SINGAPORE  -

Pak-Arab Refinery Ltd (PARCO), a joint venture between the governments of Pakistan and Abu Dhabi, said on Thursday it has appointed TechnipFMC to manage a 250,000-barrels-per-day refinery project

TechnipFMC will manage the pre-engineering, procurement and construction activities for the project to be built near Karachi, the company said in an e-mailed statement

PARCO is a 60:40 joint venture between the Pakistan government and Abu Dhabi's state-owned Mubadala Investment Company

(Reporting by Florence Tan; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu) ((Florence.Tan@thomsonreuters.com; +65 6870 3497; Reuters Messaging: florence.tan.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))