Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for three polyethylene trains for Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) chemical complex in Jubail Industrial City
The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, however, Jacobs vice president Mike Coyle stated, "We are delighted to be a part of the Sadara project."
Jacobs' scope of work for the project includes construction management, field engineering support, and management of Lump Sum Procure Build (LSPB) construction contractors, field materials management, in-kingdom procurement services and project services support for the three polyethylene trains.
The three polyethylene trains will be part of the fully-integrated chemicals complex now being built by Sadara in Jubail 2. The complex will be comprised of 26 manufacturing units and the first production units are expected to come online in the second half of 2015 with all units up and running in 2016.
Sadara is a joint venture between Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and Dow Chemical Company (Dow).
