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France’s Technip wins Bahrain Refinery contract

Gas

Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) has awarded Technip a contract for the engineering, procurement, construction and start-up assistance for the modification project of Bahrain Refinerys #3 sulphur recovery unit (SRU)

The new project will be expected to ensure that #3SRU is capable of safely burning sour water stripper off gas and become a viable spare for the new #4SRU.

Vaseem Khan, senior vice-president of Technip in the Middle East, said, “Technip in the Middle East has a vast experience in managing complex brownfield EPC projects and is, therefore, best suited to execute this contract, with an aggressive fast-track schedule regarding ready for start-up and commissioning phases.”

The project has been scheduled for completion in the second half of 2014, the company said.