Houston-based KBR has landed a contract for front-end engineering and design for the planned crude oil-to-chemicals complex in Saudi Arabia.
KBR will also manage the $20-billion project, set to be the largest oil-to-chemicals facility in the world, the project's developers, Saudi Aramco and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), said April 26. The contract includes finalizing the project scope, selecting technology providers and updating the project economics.