CB&I has been awarded a contract valued at approximately USD 40M by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) to provide engineering, procurement and construction for an ethane cracking furnace expansion project at DuPont’s Sabine River Works ethylene plant in Orange, Texas.
The new cracking furnace will have an ethylene capacity of GBP 200M per year. The facility will utilize CB&I’s SRT® (Short Residence Time) pyrolysis heater technology. CB&I was previously awarded a contract for the ethylene technology license, engineering and supply of the new furnace, which was fabricated at CB&I’s facility in Thailand.
