Riyadh – Mubasher: McDermott International revealed that it has been awarded a large contract by Saudi Aramco and Total Raffinage Chimie (Total) to provide licenses, basic engineering package, extended basic engineering, training, technical services and supply of proprietary equipment.
The deal will be on the world’s largest mixed feed crackers, according to McDermott’s recent statement.
Under the deal, McDermott's Lummus Technology will provide licensing and engineering services for its olefins technology, low pressure recovery (refinery off-gas recovery and treating), pygas hydrotreating, CDMtbe Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) (production technology using catalytic distillation), CDIB® (back cracking of MTBE to produce high purity isobutylene and methanol) and the BASF NMP (N-methyl pyrrolidone-based butadiene extraction process).
In addition, the Houston-based firm will provide its proprietary Short Residence Time (SRT) heaters.
The company did not give further details regarding the contract’s total value.
"This award sets the foundation for Saudi Aramco and Total to deliver a world-scale integrated refinery and petrochemicals complex," Linh Austin, Senior Vice President of Lummus in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), commented on the contract.
It is worth noting that McDermott's Lummus Technology is a leading licensor of proprietary petrochemicals, refining, gasification and gas processing technologies, and a supplier of proprietary catalysts and related engineering.
