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Wood Group awarded $40 million contract for ExxonMobil polyethylene plant
HOUSTON – ExxonMobil Chemical awarded a $40 million contract to Wood Group to provide main automationcontractor services, including detailed design and site construction of the process control systems, for a grassroots polyethylene plant to be built in Beaumont, Texas. Wood Group completed the front-end engineering design for the process control systems in 2015.
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Wood Group currently provides process control systems detailed engineering, procurement and fabrication services for ExxonMobil Chemical's multi-billion dollar expansion project at the Baytown and Mont Belvieu plants near Houston. Much of the work done for that project will be used for this new project, applying a design-one, build-two concept that helps to reduce project costs and schedules.
"Wood Group's global experience delivering automation and control solutions for large-scale projects will help to ensure a safe, cost-effective and efficient process control solution for this new petrochemical facility,” Robin Watson, chief executive of Wood Group, said. “We look forward to continuing our long, successful history of executing notable projects with ExxonMobil Chemical."
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