Gulf Advanced Chemical Industries Company (GACIC) has signed a contract with Aker Kvaerner to provide engineering, procurement and construction, including commissioning and start up services, for a 75,000 tonnes per annum Butanediol (BDO) plant in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia. With the full contract now effective, Aker Kvaerner expects its involvement in the project to be in the range of USD 140–150 million. The 300,000 man-hours project is being executed from Aker Kvaerner’s Zoetermeer office in The Netherlands, using a combined team from the UK and Zoetermeer offices. The new plant will be based on technologies provided by Davy Process Technology, Huntsman Corporation and UOP. Aker Kvaerner commenced key activities, under an early works agreement last year, to ensure that the overall schedule is maintained. Plant start-up is expected in the fourth quarter, 2005.
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