28 June 2018
DETAILS
one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement,
construction and project management (EPC&PM) companies,
announced today, that it signed
a $500 million range contract with
Long Son Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (LSP),
a subsidiary of SCG Chemicals,
for a Polyolefins project in Vietnam
at an official signing ceremony
at the SCG Chemicals headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand.
The project is located in
the Long Son Island,
Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province 30km north of Vung Tau City
and 70km southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The contract was signed by
LSP’s General Director Khun Thammasak Sethaudom and
Samsung Engineering’s President & CEO Sungan Choi
and the ceremony was further attended by
* Khun Cholanat Yanaranop President of SCG Chemicals and
* Khun Somchai Wangwattanapanich SVP of SCG Chemicals.
Samsung Engineering will deliver
a High-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant
at 450 Kilo-Tonnes Per Annum (KTPA) capacity and
a Polypropylene (PP) plant
with the capacity of 400 KTPA.
The HDPE plant which is
the package B and
PP plant which is the package C
are part of the first petrochemical complex in Vietnam
to be operated by LSP.
The HDPE and the PP plants
are scheduled to be completed by end of 2022.
The scope of work comprises of process unit including
Reactor, Extruder, Bagging Machine
as well as the work for the Utilities and Offsites (U&O)
which contains Substation and Cooling Tower.
The LSP HDPE and PP plants will be
the 15th project Samsung Engineering
will execute in Vietnam.
Previously Samsung built several hydrocarbon plants in Vietnam
such as a fertilizer, PVC and Gas Production plant.
Further, many industrial and environmental facilities
were and are built in Vietnam by Samsung Engineering.
Additionally to the outstanding track record in Vietnam,
Samsung has delivered
11 Polyethylene plants and 9 Polypropylene plants
and provided additionally numerous
of related polyolefins projects globally.
Sungan Choi
Samsung Engineering’s President & CEO
“We are proud and honored, given the opportunity
to take part in
the creation of Vietnam’s first petrochemical complex,” .
“Samsung Engineering is looking forward to working with LSP
on this significant project, applying our expertise
in HDPE and PP plant building.”
Sources: www.samsungengineering.com,
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