Wood plc (London, U.K.; www.woodplc.com) has been awarded a new contract by IRPC Plc for its Maximum Aromatics (MARS) project, leveraging its operations in the south east Asian oil and gas market. Wood will provide front end engineering design (FEED) for the world-scale p-xylene complex to be built at IRPC’s existing integrated petrochemical complex in Rayong Province, Thailand.
The one-year contract will be delivered from Wood’s offices in Sriracha, Thailand and secures around 100 jobs in-country. The scope of work will include engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor pre-qualification, EPC contractor invitation to bid (ITB) preparation and EPC contractor bid evaluation support services to support IRPC’s expansion of their aromatics business.