Satorp renews contract for Jubail integrated refining complex
Robert Brelsford
Downstream Technology Editor
Saudi Aramco Total Refinery & Petrochemicals Co. (Satorp) has renewed a contract with a subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Dallas, for delivery of general engineering services on a series of projects at its 440,000 b/d full-conversion refinery complex at Jubail, Saudi Arabia (OGJ Online, May 18, 2016).
As part of the new 2-year contract, Jacobs subsidiary Jacobs Zamel and Turbag Consulting Engineers, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, will provide a range of services from basic engineering to front-end engineering design, detailed design, procurement through to construction management, commissioning support, and handover of small to medium-sized capital investments to sustain operations at Satorp’s Jubail Industrial City II refinery, the service provider said.
Jacobs did not disclose details regarding a value of the contract or the specific projects to be included within its scope of work.
Satorp has renewed a contract with a unit of Jacobs Engineering Group for delivery of general engineering services on a series of projects at its 440,000 b/d full-conversion refinery complex at Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Photo from Satorp.
Earlier this year, Satorp—jointly held by Saudi Aramco 62.5% and Total SA 37.5%—signed a memorandum of understanding to add an integrated petrochemical complex downstream of the Jubail refinery that will include a mixed-feed steam cracker—50% ethane and refinery off gas—with a capacity to produce 1.5 million tonnes/year of ethylene and related petrochemical units designed to yield an overall production of more than 2.7 million tpy of high-quality chemical products (OGJ Online, Apr. 10, 2018).
FEED and design on the proposed Jubail petrochemical project—which alongside Aramco-Total’s investment of about $5 billion will include other petrochemical and specialty chemical plants that represent an additional $4 billion investment by third party investors—was scheduled to begin sometime during this year’s third quarter.
