Chemetics' scope of supply includes engineering, the supply of additional equipment and materials, the deconstruction at Taft, and the reconstruction at Brandon. To execute the deconstruction phase, Chemetics will partner with its Houston-based sister company Kvaerner Industrial Constructors (KIC).
The startup of this plant in September 2005 will increase the sodium chlorate production at Nexen's Brandon site to over 250,000 metric tonnes per year, ranking it as one of the largest chlorate production facilities in the world.
"In co-operation with our colleagues at KIC, we are pleased to provide Nexen Chemicals with a complete solution for this plant relocation project, and to further develop the successful relationship that we have enjoyed over the last twenty years", quotes John Nelson, Chemetics' President and CEO.
This contract will mark the eighth major project that Chemetics has executed in a long-standing and successful relationship with Nexen, including the previous five chlorate plant expansion projects at the Brandon site, and at two other sites in Canada.
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Tore Langballe, Vice President, Group Communications, Tel: +47 67 51 31 06
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