Jacobs nets contract for Saudi polyetheylene trains

London – Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for three polyethylene trains for Sadara Chemical Co. – (Sadara), a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical Co.

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, procurement services and project services support for the three polyethylene trains. The execution of this project is being performed by Jacobs’ office in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

This award is part of a world-scale, integrated chemicals complex now being built by Sadara in Jubail Industrial City in Saudi Arabia. Comprised of 26 manufacturing units, the complex will be one of the world’s largest integrated chemical facilities, and the largest ever built in a single phase.

First production units are expected to come on line in the second half of 2015, with all units up and running in 2016.