Saudi Aramco and Shell revealed on Feb 1st that they have signed a deal with a unit of Japan's JGC to improve the environmental performance of their joint Sasref refinery.
JGC Gulf International will carry out the engineering, procurement and construction work to add two units to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions at the Sasref refinery in Jubail on Saudi Arabia's Gulf coast, a statement said.
Abdulhakim al Gouhi, president, Sasref, said that on start up, Sasref sulphur dioxide emission will be less than 250 part per million, that will make Sasref's emission the lowest of its kind in the kingdom.
The project is estimated to cost $100 million. The 305,000 barrels per day refinery will mainly export fuel oil, naphtha, gas oil and jet fuel.
Japan's Chiyoda along with India's Larsen and Toubro, South Korea's Hyundai Engineering, Italy's Saipem, and Japan's Toyo Engineering had also bid for the project.
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