MOSCOW (MRC) -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract from MEGlobal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Equate Petrochemical Company and a world leader in the manufacture and supply of merchant monoethylene glycol (MEG) and diethylene glycol, to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for a new MEG manufacturing facility near Freeport, Texas, said the producer on its site.
"Jacobs' chemical industry expertise and proven track record were key factors in the selection process. The completion of this complex project will help MEGlobal establish a US Gulf Coast presence and expand its position in the MEG market," said President, MEGlobal International FZE of MEGlobal Ramesh Ramachandran.
This award follows Jacobs' successful delivery of the facility's front end engineering package, which incorporates The Dow Chemical Company's licensed process technology as well as non-process equipment and piping both inside and outside the new facility's battery limits.
"Our global MEG and local chemical project experience combined with our thorough understanding of the engineering package will contribute significant value and an efficient, high-quality approach to this important project," said Jacobs Senior Vice President Petroleum and Chemicals Manuel Junco.
As MRC informed before, in March 2016, MEGlobal unveiledits plans to construct a new world-scale MEG plant at Dow’s Oyster Creek site in Freeport, Texas. The new Oyster Creek MEG facility will be owned by MEGlobal and is the company’s first manufacturing unit in the US. The new MEGlobal plant will create 1,400 construction jobs at the project’s peak, and the company will employ approximately 50 new workers when it goes on stream in mid-2019. Additionally, the new site will benefit through a long-term ethylene supply agreement with Dow from its new ethylene cracker.
MEGlobal is a world leader in the manufacture and marketing of merchant monoethylene glycol and diethylene glycol (EG). Established in July 2004, the company is a joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company and Petrochemical Industries Company of Kuwait and is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With approximately 200 employees worldwide, MEGlobal serves customers around the world, and has production facilities in Fort Saskatchewan and Prentiss, Alberta, Canada.
Established in 1995 as Kuwait’s first international joint-venture in this industry, Equate Petrochemical Company embodies its “Partners in Success” slogan through the partnership between Petrochemical Industries Company, The Dow Chemical Company, Boubyan Petrochemical Company and Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company. Commencing production in 1997, EQUATE is currently the owner and single-operator of several fully integrated world-class units in Kuwait, North America and Europe that annually produce over six million tons of the highest quality petrochemicals.
Jacobs is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of full-spectrum technical, professional and construction services for industrial, commercial and government organizations globally. The company employs 50,000 people and operates in more than 30 countries around the world.
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