Orpic awards CB&I petrochemical FEED contract for Oman’s Liwa project

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Wed, 2014-07-16 14:28

16th July 2014

CB&I has announced it has been awarded additional contracts by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) for the Liwa Plastics Project in Oman

Orpic awards CB&I petrochemical FEED contract for Oman’s Liwa project

The NGL plant will be the largest single train gas plant designed by CB&I

CB&I's scope of work includes the licence and engineering design of three units in addition to the previously announced award for its ethylene technology and front-end engineering and design (FEED) services.

"The award of these additional technology contracts demonstrates Orpic's confidence in CB&I's technology portfolio and wide range of services," said Daniel McCarthy, president of CB&I's technology operating group. "Our successful project execution has a pull-through effect on the entire organization."

CB&I will provide the CDMtbe technology for a new 90,000 metric ton per annum (MTA) high conversion MTBE unit, the technology for a 41,000 MTA butene-1 recovery unit, and the NGL-MAXSM gas processing technology for a new 18 million standard cubic metre per day natural gas liquids (NGL) extraction plant.

The NGL plant will be the largest single train gas plant designed by CB&I.