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          Nuberg awarded EPC contract for caustic soda plant project in Egypt


             gyptian Petrochemicals Company has selected        and I am confident that Nuberg has the experience and
         Ethe Noida-based Nuberg Engineering Ltd, an EPC        the expertise to execute an excellent plant in cooperation
         (engineering, procurement & construction) company      with the licensor Ineos  Technologies." Role of Ineos
         for specialty chemicals, as a single-point solution    Technologies will be of process licensor and will supply
         company, from concept to commissioning, for caustic    technology know-how and state-of-the-art electrolyser
         soda-chlorine  plant  in Alexandria,  Egypt. The  project   commissioning services. Caustic soda produced in the plant
         envisions setting up a turnkey project having production   will be supplied mostly to the markets of Europe, Asia and
         capacity of 228 tonnes per day (TPD) with a provision to   Africa. Caustic soda has applications in various industries
         expand it to 342 TPD in future. The plant will be based   such as hydrocarbons, paper, chemicals and soaps &
         on  new  generation  state-of-the-art  bipolar  membrane   detergents industry. Nuberg's scope of services includes
         cell technology (Bi-Chlor) from Ineos Technologies, UK,   basic & detailed engineering, supply, civil and equipment
         which is widely used by caustic soda manufacturers     installation, commissioning of plant and start-up for new
         for its best in class power consumption, longevity, low   bipolar electrolyser as a turnkey project.
         capex/opex and environmental considerations. The plant
         will produce caustic soda, chlorine, hydrogen and other   RIL commissions last crystallisation
         chlorine derivatives. Chlorine produced will be used as a
                                                                unit paraxylene complex in
                                                                Jamnagar


                                                                    eliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has successfully
                                                                Rcommissioned the last crystallisation train (Train 3)
                                                                of the paraxylene (PX) complex at Jamnagar. This plant
                                                                is built with state-of-the-art crystallisation technology
                                                                from  BP  which  is  highly  energy  efficient.  With  the
                                                                commissioning of this plant, RIL’s PX capacity has more
                                                                than doubled making it world’s second largest producer
                                                                of paraxylene with about 11 percent of global production.
                                                                Pursuant to installation
         raw material in existing EDC (ethylene dichloride) & VCM   and mechanical
         (vinyl chloride monomer) plant for PVC (polyvinyl chloride)   completion of the entire
         production. “We are thankful to Egyptian Petrochemicals   paraxylene complex in the
         Company for entrusting our turnkey project engineering   previous quarter,Reliance
         capabilities and our EPC services and solutions for its   Industries commissioned
         caustic soda plant. We are excited to partner with Ineos   s eco nd phas e o f
         Technologies once again, strengthening our relationship   PXcomprising  of  second
         with them even further,” commented A K Tyagi, managing   crystallisation train (Train
         director, Nuberg. Chemist Gaber A Hassan, chairman,
         Egyptian Petrochemicals Company, said, “The caustic soda   2), trans-alkylation and aromatic extraction units at
         plant is of great importance to our company in specific   Jamnagar in April 2017. Train 3, which was at an advanced
         and to the petrochemical sector in general. I would like to   stage of commissioning, has now been successfully
         highlight that this project is among the chain of projects   started. Paraxylene is the main raw material for purified
         that will be executed by our company in near and far   terephthalic acid (PTA), which is mainly used in polyester
         future to promote the petrochemical field in Egypt. I would   production including polyester fibre, polyethylene
         like to congratulate Nuberg on being awarded this order   terephthalate (PET) bottle resin and polyester film.



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