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KBR teams up with Indian firm to

target downstream contracts

DMEA REGION TEXAS-BASED KBR, one of the world’s lead- streams into high-value propylene, ethylene and
ing engineering, procurement and construction aromatics.
(EPC) contractors, has teamed up with India’s “This MoU brings together KBR’s centu-
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE) to ry-long technology expertise and LTHE’s strong
bid exclusively for refining and petrochemical capability as a major EPC player and modular
projects. solution provider,” KBR’s president for technol-
The pair have signed a memorandum of ogy solutions, Doug Kelly, said in a statement.
understanding (MoU) on this co-operation, “KBR’s innovative and reliable process technolo-
KBR said on June 19, noting that they would spe- gies have been helping refineries and petrochem-
cifically target projects in India, Southeast Asia, ical plants globally to optimise production and
the Middle East and Africa. reduce operating costs.”
Under the deal’s terms, KBR will license LTHE is a subsidiary of Indian engineer-
proprietary technology and engineering ser- ing and construction conglomerate Larsen &
vices, while LTHE will serve as the EPC services Toubro.
provider. KBR will also provide its solid acid KBR’s key recent contracts in Africa and the
alkylation (K-SAATTM), solvent de-asphalt- Middle East include an order for project man-
ing (Rose) and catalytic olefins (K-COTTM) agement consultancy services at the Ghasha
technology. gas development in the UAE, and a deal to plan
K-SAATTM offers a high alkylate yield and upgrades at Nigerian petrochemicals plants.
high feed flexibility, while Rose has more than The latter contract will see KBR partner with
a 90% market share among solvent de-asphalt- Nigeria’s National Engineering and Technical
ing technologies, KBR said. K-COTTM con- Co. (NETCO) to provide front-end engineering
verts low-value olefinic, paraffinic or mixed design (FEED) work at four greenfield plants. ™

FUEL

Bilfinger wins new MENA contracts

UAE BILFINGER Tebodin Middle East, a subsidiary Bilfinger said the agreement would allow
of Germany’s Bilfinger, won a contract earlier the company to target new opportunities in the
A deal for FEED this month to provide front-end engineering oil and gas sector in Egypt and elsewhere in the
work and project design (FEED) and project management consul- region.
management was tancy services at a planned bulk liquid storage The company noted it had provided manage-
awarded for a new UAE terminal at the port of Khalifa in Abu Dhabi. ment consultancy services for two projects in
storage terminal. The deal was awarded by Arabian Chemical Egypt: a planned bulk liquid terminal in the port
Terminals (ACT), which signed a strategic pact of Sokhna and a fuel oil tank farm on the Gulf of
with Abu Dhabi Ports (ADP) on the project in Suez. The customers were Sonker Bunkering and
March. The terminal will enable the deepwater Arab Petroleum Pipelines respectively. ™
port to handle more liquid bulk products and
gases. It will be erected on a 50,000-square metre
plot adjacent to a 16-metre deepwater quay.
The project is expected to be implemented in
two phases, the first wrapping up in the second
half of 2022 and involving the construction of 44
storage tanks. The timeframe and scope for the
second stage has not been decided on yet.
Bilfinger also said on June 24 it had secured
an engineering master service agreement with
Cairo-based oil and gas contractor Petrojet to
provide technical and engineering consultancy
services. The deal builds on a memorandum the
pair signed in December 2018 and covers pro-
jects worth $1mn.

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