Topaz awarded $45 million EPC contract with Gulf Petrochem in UAE
5 July 2010Topaz Engineering's fabrication and construction unit, through its subsidiary Nico International Hydrospace, was recently awarded a $45 million Gulf Petrochem EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract in Port of Fujairah.
The contract covers phase 1 of a major petroleum storage terminal in close proximity to the Port of Fujairah. When completed, the terminal will have storage capacity of over 1.0 million cubic meters at a single location. The facility, which is expected to take 17 months to complete, will feature dock pipeline connectivity to the Port of Fujairah, a pigging system for all dock pipelines, operational flexibility to handle Class A, B, C products in all tanks, a road tanker unloading and loading facility and will be built to NFPA standards including all support systems such as OWS, ETP and compressor station. Mott MacDonald has been appointed project management consultant and will oversee the entire development. Topaz Fabrication and Construction, a strategic business unit of Topaz Engineering, operates out of facilities in Abu Dhabi and Fujairah and is engaged in project activities for both offshore and onshore oil and gas across the UAE and for global clients.
