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| Jacobs secures contract in Saudi Arabia Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced it has been awarded a contract by IDEA Soda Ash and Calcium Chloride Company (ISACC) to provide engineering and project management services for the construction of a $300 million soda ash and calcium chloride production facility in Jubail's Second Industrial City, the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The facility is the first of its kind in the Kingdom and the Gulf Cooperation Council to produce soda ash (sodium carbonate) and calcium chloride. These products, currently being imported, are used in oil and gas drilling operations, as well as in the manufacture of glass and detergents. Following award of the engineering, procurement and construction contract, Jacobs is also providing the project management services up to the plant start-up. The commissioning production run is scheduled to start by end of 2014 and commercial operations are expected to follow in the first quarter of 2015. Work is currently in progress to secure all the other necessary utilities to run the project. ISACC is setting up a new entity — Jubail Inorganic Chemicals Industries Company — to run the new facility. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Construction News :: home page |