KBR Awarded License and Engineering Services Contract in Cambodia

Engineering Cambodia KBR Awarded License and Engineering Services Contract in Cambodia

21.01.2013Editor: Wolfgang Ernhofer

KBR announced it was awarded a contract by Cambodian Petrochemical (CPC) to provide licensing and engineering services for the Veba Combi Cracker (VCC) Unit to be implemented in the Kampong Som Petrochemical Industrial Zone of Cambodia. Tianjin Petrochemical Engineering Design (TPED), the EPC Contractor for the Unit, executed the agreements on behalf of CPC.

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KBR-Project in Cambodia: “We are pleased to be awarded our fourth license since acquiring the right to license VCC in 2010. The other three units are under construction,” said John Derbyshire, President, KBR Technology. “I look forward to working with CPC and TPED as we embark on this important project.”
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Houston, Texas/USA – Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide License and Basic Engineering services for the 1.2 MMTPA VCC Unit that will process refinery vacuum residues into high value naphtha and Euro 5 diesel products.

CPC is the first refinery in Cambodia with a crude capacity of 5 MMTPA invested by Cambodian National Petroleum Authority, Cambodian HKT Special Economic Zone Co. Ltd, and Hong Kong Diamond Industry Co. Ltd.

China Perfect Machinery Industry Corp., Ltd. (Sinomach) will build this refinery that is scheduled to start up in 2015. TPED is a subsidiary of Sinomach and a Class A certified design institute that provides engineering design and EPC services for energy companies in China.

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