Samsung Engineering Co. (Seoul, South Korea; www.samsungengineering.com) announced that it received a contract from a manufacturing affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), Jubail United Petrochemical Company (JUPC), for a $ 700-million ethylene oxide–ethylene glycol (EO/EG) plant in Saudi Arabia, that will produce 700,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of monoethylene glycol (MEG). The project will be executed in Jubail Industrial City located in the east of Saudi Arabia, 100 km north of Dammam, construction completion expected in 2020.
A Samsung Engineering spokesperson stated, “We are eager to provide the finest plant for Saudi Arabia. With JUPC’s trust and our proven track record in EO/EG plants and Saudi Arabia we will provide the best services possible and looking forward to work with United with many further years to come.”