CB&I Awarded Additional Technology Contracts in Oman

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Jul 16, 2014, 08:00 ET

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CB&I (NYSE:CBI) today announced it has been awarded additional contracts by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) for the Liwa Plastics Project in the Sultanate of Oman. CB&I's scope of work includes the license and engineering design of three units in addition to the previously announced award for its ethylene technology and front end engineering and design (FEED) services.

CB&I will provide the CDMtbe® technology for a new 90,000 metric ton per annum (MTA) high conversion MTBE unit, the technology for a 41,000 MTA butene-1 recovery unit, and the NGL-MAX^SM gas processing technology for a new 18 million standard cubic meter per day natural gas liquids (NGL) extraction plant. The NGL plant will be the largest single train gas plant designed by CB&I.

"The award of these additional technology contracts demonstrates Orpic's confidence in CB&I's technology portfolio and wide range of services," said Daniel McCarthy, President of CB&I's Technology operating group. "Our successful project execution has a pull-through effect on the entire organization."

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