Carbon Holdings awards Bechtel two petchem projects contracts

Carbon Holdings awarded Bechtel two petrochemicals projects contracts in Egypt, Bechtel announced. The first contract is one to provide project management services for the Tahrir Petrochemicals Complex at Ain Sokhna and the other is to build two new polypropylene units at an adjacent site. “In its project management role, Bechtel will have oversight of project execution and contractor performance on what will be the largest petrochemicals complex in Egypt.” Carbon Holdings Chairman and CEO Basil El Baz says “approximately 20,000 Egyptians will be directly employed during the peak construction phase with approximately 3,000 engineers and technicians being employed during the operations phase.”