CB&I was awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage tanks for a natural gas processing expansion project in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. CB&I’s contract is with Snamprogetti S.p.A., prime EPC contractor for the owner, Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (GASCO).
CB&I was responsible for the engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction of four 83,600 cubic meter nominal capacity concrete full containment LPG tanks, including foundations and piping to grade. Two of these tanks store propane and two store butane. CB&I expended 12 million work-hours for the project and had a peak field workforce of 1,750.
