Aramco & Shell award $100m Sasref contract to JGC

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The hydrocarbons giants Saudi Aramco and Royal Dutch Shell have announced that the Japanese contractor JGC has been awarded a contract that will see the company reduce the carbon footprint of the Sasref refinery in the KSA.

Reuters reported that JGC Gulf International, a subsidiary of the Japanese contractor, will carry out the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work on two sulphur dioxide reducing units at the facility on Saudi Arabia’s Gulf coast.

"On start up, Sasref sulphur dioxide emission will be less than 250 part per million. This will make Sasref's emission the lowest of its kind in the kingdom," Abdulhakim al Gouhi, president, Sasref, is reported by Reuters as saying.

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The value of the contract was not disclosed, but industry experts believe it to be in the region of US$100 million.

Other bidders for the contract included Chiyoda (Japan), Larsen and Toubro (India), Hyundai Engineering (South Korea), Saipem (Italy), and Toyo Engineering (Japan).