Petro Rabigh awards GES contract to Jacobs ZATE for its oil refinery and petrochem complex

16-May-09

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (USA) announced that its local subsidiary in Saudi Arabia, Jacobs ZATE, has been awarded a General Engineering Services (GES) contract by the Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) for its $15 billion facility. Officials estimate the potential value of the one-year contract at $1.5 million. Jacobs ZATE will provide mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical engineering for Refinery and Petrochemical, drafting-related services, management-related services, and any other engineering services required by the facility. Petro Rabigh, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical, is the largest integrated oil refinery and petrochemical production facility ever built at one time. It is located in the Red Sea port of Rabigh, around 165 km north of Jeddah on the west coast of Saudi Arabia. The petrochemical complex can produce 18.4 million tons per year (mpta) of petroleum-based products and 2.4 mpta of ethylene and propylene-based derivatives. Jacobs ZATE will provide mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical engineering for Refinery and Petrochemical, drafting-related services, management-related services, and any other engineering services required by the facility.