📋 Tender Overview
Scope of Work:
To Build Amiral Petrochemical Complex.
Details:
Construction of mixed feed cracker and derivatives complex located at Jubail, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. The project will produce 4110 tonnes of ethylene and 1370 tonnes of propylene per day. The Amiral complex will be able to produce 2.7 million tons of chemicals annually and is expected to be completed by early 2024.
New York Stock Exchange-listed (NYSE) American contracting giant, McDermott International has won a contract to provide licenses, basic engineering package, extended basic engineering, training, technical services, and supply of proprietary equipment for Amrial Complex in Saudi Arabia from the world’s largest oil producer, Saudi Aramco and Total Raffinage Chimie (Total). once complete the complex could become one of the largest mixed feed crackers in the world. As part of the large contract — which the company values between $50m (SAR187.5m) and $250m (SAR937.7m) — McDermott's Lummus Technology will provide licensing and engineering services for its olefins technology, low pressure recovery that covers refinery off-gas recovery and treating, and pygas hydrotreating. McDermott's Lummus will also provide CDMtbe Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE), a production technology that uses catalytic distillation; CDIB,, which refers to the back cracking of MTBE to produce high purity isobutylene and methanol; and the BASF NMP, N-methylpyrrolidone-based butadiene extraction process, in addition to proprietary Short Residence Time (SRT) heaters. The award is also a testament of our long-standing relationship with Aramco and Total and our commitment to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Lummus has a reputation for innovation and reliability in the market and this award strengthens our industry leading ethylene position by taking on the role of master licensor for multiple licensed units.According to the contractor, the award will reflect in Q3 2019 backlog.
Previous Events:
July 2022- Contractors are preparing bids for the estimated $5 billion Amiral petrochemical project which includes the main engineering, procurement and construction works. Deadline has extended to Aug. 31.
October 2019: McDermott International has won a contract to provide licenses, basic engineering package, extended basic engineering, training, technical services, and supply of proprietary equipment for Amrial Complex in Saudi Arabia.
