GE Oil & Gas will supply three compression trains for a new, large-scale ethylene cracker plant in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia, which will have a capacity of 1.165 million ton/yr when it enters commercial service in 2011 for Saudi Chevron Phillips Co. The existing petrochemical complex in Al-Jubail includes an ethylbenzene unit, cyclohexane and a single-train styrene unit. Included in the current complex expansion are polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene units along with required utilities storage facilities, feedstock and product pipelines, and port facilities.
The compressor trains for the Saudi Chevron Phillips project are being manufactured by GE Oil & Gas at its facilities in Florence and Massa, Italy. The equipment is scheduled for delivery to the plant site between April and June 2009. WorleyParsons International, Inc. of Houston, Texas performed front-end engineering and design work on the project.