PASADENA, Calif., April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Engineering
Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it was awarded a
contract from Afipsky Refinery, located in the Krasnodarskij Region
of Russia, to develop a basic
engineering package for an amine regenerator unit, a sour water
stripper and an expected 55 tons per day (TPD) sulfur recovery unit
(SRU). All three units are part of a refinery extension project
which includes a hydrotreater unit and a visbreaker unit.
Officials did not disclose the contract value.
The SRU design is based on Jacobs' proprietary EUROCLAUS®
process and is being executed from Jacobs' office in Leiden,
The Netherlands. Jacobs is working
closely with the Moscow-based EPC
contractor, Giprogazoochistka, who is Russia's leading engineer of gas treating
units and SRU's.
A global leader in the design of SRU's, Jacobs has designed
approximately 450 units around the world since 1985, including 15
SRU's in Russia and several
countries in the former Soviet
Union.
In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President
Robert Matha stated, "We are proud
to receive this new contract and look forward to working with
Giprogazoochistka to support Afipsky Refinery's important expansion
project."
Jacobs is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers
of technical, professional, and construction services.
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