Global consulting and engineering company Wood has been awarded a new contract with Ineos worth over $100 million to deliver engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) services for the new petrochemicals complex taking shape in Antwerp, Belgium. Called Project One, it involves delivery of an ethane cracker by Wood’s Projects business unit that will have the lowest carbon footprint in Europe.
The scope is focused on the outside battery limit facilities for the ethane cracker and follows the successful completion of front-end engineering design for the facility. Wood’s integrated project management team will also continue to oversee the project, working closely with the Ineos project team.
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Giuseppe Zuccaro, President of Process & Chemicals at Wood. “What Project One represents is the next era of ethylene production, a key component in most plastics. Through the combination of technology and an innovative technical design approach, it will be the most sustainable and energy-efficient steam cracker in Europe.
At its peak Wood is expected to employ around 300 people on the project across its execution centres in Reading and Milan, its global engineering centre in India, and at the site in Antwerp during construction.