CBI has been awarded a contract valued in excess of USD 95M by Samsung Engineering (Thailand) Co. Ltd. for a brownfield ethylene plant at PTT Global Chemical’s (PTTGC) petrochemicals complex in Map Ta Phut, Rayong, Thailand.
CB&I’s scope of work includes the license and basic engineering of the ethylene plant and pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation unit. It also includes detailed engineering and material supply of SRT® (Short Residence Time) pyrolysis heaters. The plant will use CB&I’s latest generation ethylene technology for the production of polymer grade ethylene, propylene and other byproducts, with a nameplate capacity of 500,000 metric tons per year of ethylene and 250,000 metric tons per year of propylene.