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SELECTED GULF PROJECTS

Client Project Value ($m) Scope Status

IRANBushehr Petrochemical Company

Assaluyeh olefins complex 1500 850,000 t/y ethylene, 2 million t/y methanol, 670,000 t/y ethane

Invitation to bid released

Amir Kabir Petrochemical

6th olefins plant 1200 137,000 t/y gasoline, 300,000 t/y LLDPE, 20,000 t/y butene-1, 158,000 t/y propylene, 51,000 t/y butadiene, 300,000 t/y LDPE, 140,000 t/y HDPE, 24,000 t/y fuel oil, 520,000 t/y ethylene

Main contract award to total of 13 EPC contractors; completion expected by end of 2007

Petrochemical Industries Development Management Company (PIDMCO)

Western ethylene pipeline 1000 Laying of a 1,500km (diameter varying between 8 and 20 inches) pipeline, six compressor stations, seven metering stations, 49 block valve stations and a communication system with control rooms

FEED contractor Technip; consultant Pidarsanat

National Petrochemical Company

12th olefins and petrochemicals complex

1000 660,000 t/y ethylene glycol, 300,000 t/y polypropylene, 1.9 million t/y ethylene, 300,000 t/y polyethylene, 388,000 t/y benzene

Invitation to bid released; completion by Q3 2008

Kaveh Methanol Chemical Company

Methanol plant 520 2.6 million t/y methanol Main contract awarded to Petrochemical Industries Design & Engineering Company

Charmahal-va-Bakhtiari Petrochemical Company

LLDPE/HDPE plant 500 300,000 t/y HDPE Planned, completion date Q2 2010

Arvand Petrochemical Company

NPC – 8th Olefins petrochemicals complex – PVC plant

500 40,000 t/y E-PVC, 300,000 t/y PVC Main contract awarded to Uhde, Sazeh Engineering; completion Q3 2008

Lavan Chemical Company

Lavan Chemical Company – ammonia and urea facility

500 800,000 t/y ammonia, 1,100,000 t/y urea Invitation to bid released

Andimenshk Petrochemical Company

HDPE plant 500 300,000 t/y HDPE Planned; completion due Q2 2010

OMANOpic Olefins complex at Sohar 5,000-

6,0001 million-t/y ethylene cracker, three PE and two PP units

Final investment decision on the project due soon

QATARQapco PE expansion 400-500 250,000 t/y LDPE Tender for EPC contract due soon. Basell is the

technology providerQafco V New ammonia and urea plant 2,000-

2,5003,500 t/d urea, 4,400 t/d ammonia EPC contract awarded to Snamprogetti and Hyundai

Engineering & Construction Company Honam/QP Grassroots complex at

Mesaieed4,000 700,000 t/y PP, 600,000 t/y styrene monomer,

200,000 t/y polystyreneFoster Wheeler working on joint FEED/PMC contract; first EPC tenders due in late 2008

ExxonMobil Chemical Company/QP

Grassroots olefins complex at Ras Laffan

4,000 New ethylene cracker plus 570,000 t/y LLDPE, 420,000 LDPE, 700,000 t/y EG

Heads of agreement for project development signed by ExonnMobil and QP in 2006; three groups bidding for PMS contract; award due imminently

Shell Group/QP Integrated olefins complex 4,000 Downstream ethylene products Letter of intent for development of project signed in early 2005. Negotiations ongoing for the final investment agreement

QP plus foreign partner New aromatics complex na na QP understood to be in talks with potential partners from Europe and Japan about implementing project

SAUDI ARABIASaudi Aramco/Dow Chemical Company

Ras Tanura petrochemicals complex and refinery upgrade

22,000-26,000

1.2 million-t/y ethane/naphtha steam cracker, aromatics complex, 400,000 t/y propylene, 400,000 t/y benzene, 460,000 t/y paraxylene plus polyolefins mix, 640,000-t/y chlor alkali facility and more than 25 other downstream units

Dow and Aramco have signed a memorandum of understanding for the joint venture agreement; final agreement due in 2009; KBR is working on the FEED; first EPC contracts due to be tendered in 2008

Saudi Aramco Yanbu petrochemicals complex and refinery upgrade

na Steam cracker and aromatics complex Project under initial in-house study with marketing phase to start in 2007. Start-up planned 2014

Aramco/Sumitomo Chemical Company

Petro-Rabigh phase 2 10,000 Expansion of cracker, plus 17 new chemical derivative production facilities

Four firms bidding for joint FEED/PMC contract; first EPC tenders expected to be issued to bid in late 2008

NCP Olefins complex 4,000 1.3 million-t/y ethane cracker plus various downstream units including hexane-1, propylene, PP, PE, polystyrene and styrene

Parsons E&C carrying out FEED; ABB Lummus selected for cracker design package; three EPC contractors bidding for the cracker construction package; three contractors bidding for polymer package; awards on both due imminently

Ineos/Delta Oil Company

Jubail olefins complex 2,000 2 million-t/y ethane cracker plus several downstream units including PE

Project unlikely to proceed because of a lack of available feedstock

Saudi Kayan Jubail olefins complex 9,000 1.3 million-t/y mixed feedstock cracker, 1 million t/y EO/EG, 250,000 t/y LLDPE, 600,000 t/y PP, plus 10 other downstream units including a phenolics complex and polycarbonates

All process packages have been awarded; financial close pending; commissioning due in late 2009

Sipchem Jubail olefins complex plus ammonia plant

8,000 1.2 million-t/y ethane/propane cracker plus bimodal HDPE, polypropylene, vinyl acetate, polyacrylonitrile and 1,650 t/d of ammonia

Four groups bidding for cracker contract; WorleyParsons is FEED and PMC contractor

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SELECTED GULF PROJECTS (CONTINUED)

Client Project Value ($m) Scope StatusAAC Ethylene amine plant at Jubail 150 300,000 t/y ethylene amine derivatives including

EDA, DETA, TETA, TEPA, ethyleneamine E-100, amino-ethylpiperazine and piperazine

EPC bid evaluation ongoing; Jacobs Engineering is PMC and FEED contractor

Maaden Ras al-Zour fertiliser complex 3,000 450,000 t/y sulphuric acid, 2,000 t/d ammonia, 3 million t/y DAP, 1.4 million t/y phopshoric acid

All major EPC contracts, except the port facility and utilities element have been awarded, WorleyParsons is the PMC contractor

HoI, Sara, Midroc Jubail olefins complex 2,000 1.3 million-t/y ethane/propane cracker, 400,000 t/y of LDPE, 300,000 t/y PP, 750,000 t/y of MEG, 400,000 t/y of ABS, 400,000 t/y of alpha olefins

Negotiations ongoing for feedstock allocation; EPC bid evaluation ongoing; Jacobs Engineering is PMC and FEED contractor covering outside battery limits; Burns & McDonnell Engineering is working on the process unit FEED

Al-Rajhi Jubail petrochemicals complex 4,000 Ethane cracker, PP and EG units Negotiations ongoing for feedstock allocationPetrokemya Expansion and debottlenecking

of Jubail ethylene crackers400 Increasing cracker unit 1 capacity by 20 per cent Stone & Webster awarded EPCM services contract,

but deal has been put on hold pending a final investment decision by the client

Petrokemya Jubail vinyls complex na 550,000 t/y VCM, 450,000 t/y suspension grade PVC

Technip and Aker Kvaerner are FEED contractors; Solvay and OxyVinyls are licensing technology for PVC amd VCM units

Al-Rajhi Petrochemical Company

Benzene recovery unit 50-100 55,000 t/y benzene produced from pygas Jacobs Engineering awarded FEED and PMS contract

Sahara Petrochemical Company/Maaden

EDC and chlor alkali complex 245,000 t/y EDC and 250,000 t/y caustic soda Jacobs Engineering selected as the PMC contractor

Sahara Acrylic complex na 125,000 t/y of mixed acrylates and 80,000 t/y super-absorbent polymers

PMC and technology selection imminent, Jacobs Engineering recently awarded FEED and PMS contract

UAEBorouge Second-phase Ruwais olefins

complex expansion4,500 1.4 million-t/y ethylene cracker plus 800,000 t/y

PP, 540,000 t/y of enhanced PE and a 750,000-t/y olefins conversion unit

All EPC contracts awarded; commissioning set for 2010; Foster Wheeler and Engineers India are PMC contractors

Borouge Third-phase Ruwais olefins expansion

na Worldscale production of cumene and phenlos in addition to base chemicals

In-house study under way

Borouge Grassroots melamine plant at Ruwais

na 80,000 t/y melamine Expessions of interest have been submitted for updated FEED and EPC elements; tenders expected by year-end

Fertil Debottlenecking of existing urea and ammonia complex

200 Conversion of 90,000 t/y of additional urea, a 350-t/d CO2 recovery unit and a 2,500-t/d granulation unit

Descon awarded EPC contract

Fertil Expansion of existing Ruwais fertiliser plant

700-800 Installation of new urea and ammonia lines Invitation to bid due to be issued in December; Uhde is FEED contractor; WorleyParsons is PMS contractor

Opic=Oman Petrochemical Industries Company; Qapco=Qatar Petrochemical Company; Qafco=Qatar Fertiliser Company; QP=Qatar Petroleum; NCP=National ChevronPhillips Company; Sipchem=Saudi International Petrochemical Company; AAC=Arabian Amines Company; Maaden=Saudi Arabian Mining Company; Petrokemya=Arabian Petrochemical Company; HoI=House of Invention; Borouge=Abu Dhabi Polymers Company; Fertil=Ruwais Fertiliser Company; PDH=propane dehydrogenation; LLDPE=linear low-density polyethylene; PP=polypropylene; GTO=gas-to-olefins; DME= dimethyl ether; PE=polyethylene; EO/EG=ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol; HDPE=high density polyethylene; VAM=vinyl acetate monomer; MEG=monoethylene glycol; ABS=Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene; PDH=propane dehydrogenation; EDA=ethylenediamine; DETA=diethylenetriamine; TETA=triethylenetetramine; TEPA=tetraethylenepentamine; DAP=diammonia phosphate; VCM= vinyl chloride monomer; PVC= polyvinyl chloride; EDC=ethylene dichloride; OCU=olefins conversion unit; CO2=carbon dioxide; O&U=offsites and utilities; EoIs=expressions of interest; EPC=engineering, procurement and construction; EPCM=engineering, procurement and construction management; PMC=project management consultancy; PMS=project management and supervision; FEED=front-end engineering and design; ITB=invitation to bid; t/y=tonnes a year; t/d= tonnes a day; na=not available. Source: MEED

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