Foster Wheeler is awarded low-sulfur diesel project in Saudi Arabia

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Apr. 8 -- Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Co. Ltd. awarded Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd., Clinton, NJ, the contract for detailed engineering, procurement, and construction planning for a low-sulfur automotive diesel project at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

The total investment value of the project is $18 million. Terms of the Foster Wheeler contract were not disclosed.

The work follows the October 2003 completion by Foster Wheeler of the front-end engineering design for the project, which upgrades refinery facilities to produce low-sulfur diesel.

The project is scheduled for completion during the refinery turnaround early in 2006.