OREANDA-NEWS. The USD 54 million EPC project involves the upgradation of a crude stabilization unit at Aramco's Abqaiq Plant in Shaybah, one of the largest oilfields in the world. The scope of work entails engineering, procurement and construction of a crude tank, replacement of crude pumps and associated civil, piping, electrical and instrumentation facilities. The project is scheduled to be completed in 29 months.

Essar is already executing five other projects in the region in the hydrocarbon sector.

Commenting on the project, Mr Amit Gupta, CEO - Hydrocarbon SBU, Essar Projects, says, “This contract is a reflection of our capability to undertake global projects from reputed clients in this region. We will leverage the capabilities gained to enhance our foot print in other Middle East countries.”

Essar Projects has the requisite experience in refinery projects having previously executed a world-scale grass roots refinery at Vadinar, Gujarat, with an initial capacity of 10 MMTPA, which was gradually expanded to 14 MMTPA and then 20 MMTPA. It also executed the supporting infrastructure and facilities that include SBM for crude unloading, product jetty for refinery product export, a tank farm with total tankage of 3 million cubic metres for crude, products and intermediate, and 77 MW of captive power plant.

Essar Projects is a global EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) company offering a unique collaborative end-to-end project development and delivery model for major (mega) projects, back integrated into the supply chain and forward integrated into the operator's mind set through its sister company links.

EPL, through its SBUs, offers its expertise to the following industries: oil and gas (upstream, mid and downstream) including cross-country pipelines and terminals - offshore and onshore, infrastructure (ports and marine, civil and building), power (including hydroelectric) and minerals, with a footprint that spreads across India, Africa, Middle East, South East Asia and Australia. The company has over four decades of experience in delivering projects and has recently added a concessions business to its product offerings. EPL is headquartered in Dubai and operates across regions through wholly-owned subsidiaries.

EPL has a large in-house engineering division and is supported by a fabrication facility and a large construction equipment bank.