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PROJECT WATCH SAUDI ARABIA *

PROJECT
Acrylonitrile and Sodium Cyanide Complex
Ethylene Dichloride (EDC) and Acrylic Complexes
Expansion of Khafji Crude Production Facilities (Hout Field Onshore & Offshore)
Hasbah Offshore Development Program Gas Processing Plant
Ibn Rushd Pet/PTA Yanbu Petrochemicals Complex
Idea International Yanbu Polysilicon Plant & Solar Wafer Production Plant
Jubail Export Refinery
Jubail Metal Alkyls Plant
Jubail Polymers Plant
Kayan Amines Plant
Kemya Elastomer Plant Methyl Prepanediol Plant
Kemya Elastomer Plant Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)
Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) Dorra Gas Field Development
Kidan Non-Associated Gas Exploration Plan
LPG Filling Plants Jizan, Hail, Al Ahsaa and Tabouk
Luberef Lubricants Refinery
Marine Service Contract
Morpholine and Diglycolamine (DGA) Plant
National Chemical Carriers (NCC) Specialised Chemical Tanker
Olefins & Low Density Polyethylene Plant (LDPE)
Petro Rabigh Refinery & Petrochemical Complex Expansion Phase 2 (Overview)
Petro Rabigh Refinery & Petrochemical Complex Expansion Phase 2 MTBE Plant
Petrokemya Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Plant
Ras Tanura to Riyadh Pipeline
Riyadh Municipality Drainage Network
Riyadh Refinery
Sabic ExxonMobil Chemical Company Kemya Yanpet Synthetic Rubber Plant
Sabic Mitsubishi Rayon Alpha 2 Petrochemical Plants
Sabic Terminal Services Company (Sabtank) Vopak Expansion of
Tank Farm Facilities at Jubail Industrial Port
Sadara Chemical Company Jubail Integrated Refining & Petrochemical Project (Overview)
Sadara Chemical Company Jubail Petrochemicals Acrylic Acid Monomers Complex & Plastics Plant
Sadara Chemical Company Jubail Petrochemicals Complex Refinery Tank Farm Package
Sadara Chemical Company Jubail Petrochemicals Complex Aniline
Formalin and Dinitroluene (DNT) Nitric Facilities Package
Sadara Chemical Company Jubail Petrochemicals Complex Ethylene Oxide Plant

BUDGET ($ US)
250,000,000
750,000,000
1,522,000,000
1,500,000,000
400,000,000
1,100,000,000
10,000,000,000
60,000,000
373,300,000
450,000,000
100,000,000
1,000,000,000
5,000,000,000
8,000,000,000
100,000,000
1,000,000,000
100,000,000
300,000,000
65,000,000
9,000,000,000
5,000,000,000
500,000,000
300,000,000
350,000,000
2,900,000,000
2,500,000,000
5,000,000,000
500,000,000
450,000,000

FACILITY
Petrochemicals
Petrochemicals
Oil, Gas
Gas
Petrochemicals
Petrochemicals
Refining
Petrochemicals
Petrochemicals
Petrochemicals
Petrochemicals
Petrochemicals
Gas
Gas
Gas
Refining
Offshore
Petrochemicals
Oil
Petrochemicals
Petrochemicals
Petrochemicals
Petrochemicals
Pipeline
Pipeline
Refining
Petrochemicals
Petrochemicals
Refining

STATUS
Feasibility Study
EPC
EPC
EPC
EPC
EPC ITB
EPC
EPC
EPC
EPC
EPC
EPC ITB
Feed
Feasibility Study
EPC ITB
EPC ITB
EPC
EPC ITB
EPC
EPC
EPC
EPC
EPC
EPC
EPC ITB
Feed
EPC ITB
Feed
EPC ITB

20,000,000,000
1,700,000,000
500,000,000
500,000,000

Petrochemicals, Refining
Petrochemicals
Oil
Petrochemicals

EPC
EPC
EPC
EPC

600,000,000

Petrochemicals

EPC ITB

*Sources: Data Media Systems

Ferguson invests in
new plant equipment
FERGUSON Modular, part of the Ferguson Group, specialist providers of accommodation and workspace modules to the offshore energy
industry around the world, recently invested in state-of-the art plant
equipment to improve operations.
Ferguson Modular has made a significant investment in equipping its
Kintore base with the latest tools to improve daily operations.
A brand new Combilift straddle carrier, the first to be implemented in
North East Scotland, went into operation recently at Ferguson Modular.
The equipment will improve the safety and efficiency when mobilising
accommodation modules during loading/unloading.
The Combilift straddle carrier has a 35 tonne capacity and offers complete independence for the transportation of containers and similarly
oversized loads.
It can lift fully loaded containers from the ground to trailer, from trailer to trailer and can be used to stack modules.
Previously, moving accommodation units has involved a complex logistical exercise including hiring a crane, completing lifting plans and
utilising four specialist employees, and this all relied on a combination
of standard forklifts and mobile cranes.
It meant that one single lift could take over an hour to complete in the
past, which could be delayed further by bad weather.
The new plant equipment allows Ferguson Modular to eliminate costs
associated with crane hire, and bad weather no longer delays operations, with the loading/unloading process easily managed in a matter of
minutes. The new Combilift straddle carrier will help Ferguson Modular to improve efficiency and safety.
Graeme Bisset, Ferguson Modular hire manager, said: Having such a
specialised piece of equipment will prove invaluable to Ferguson Modular, streamlining the operation of moving expensive accommodation
modules around the yard in a quick and efficient manner. We will now
have a system to move accommodation and workspace modules around
the site and onto delivery lorries safely, quickly and cost effectively.

PetroRabigh Expansion Phase 2 *

PetroRabigh ... expanding

Name of client:

Saudi Aramco, Sumitomo

Chemical Company
Estimated budget: $500 million
Facility type:
MTBE
Sector:
Petrochemicals
Status:
EPC
Location:
Rabigh
Project start:
Q2-2009
End date:
Q1-2015
Feed:
KBR (Kellogg Brown & Root),
JGC Corp
PMC:
JGC Corp
Main contractor: GS Engineering & Construction
Corporation
Background
Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical Company
have formed a joint venture to expand the PetroRabigh
integrated refinery and petrochemical complex at the
Red Sea coast of Rabigh, Saudi Arabia.
The proposed scheme, known as PetroRabigh phase
2, includes the expansion of the ethane cracker and the
construction of five petrochemical plants, an aromatics complex and an ethylene cracker debottlenecking

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plant, along with atleast 15 downstream chemical production plants.

The current profile covers the construction of a methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) plant as well as an
acrylic acid and super absorbent polymer (SAP) plants.
Project Status
As of May 2012, South Koreas GS Engineering &
Construction has been awarded the EPC contract.
Project scope
The scope of the project involves the construction of
the following plants:
Methyl tertiary butyl-ether/iso-butylene (MTBE/IB)
plant;
Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) plant;
Metathesis plants; and
Associated facilities.
Project Schedules
Feasibility Study Q2-2009
Feed
Q2-2009
PMC
Q2-2009
EPC ITB
Q2-2011
EPC
Q2-2012
Completion
Q1-2015

May 28 - June 3, 2012