Swiss power and automation technology group ABB recently won a $32 million order from the Jubail United Petrochemical Company in Saudi Arabia. The deal includes a new gas-insulated substation, technology upgrades to two existing substations and a 22-kilometer power transmission line, stated a company press release.
Under the terms of the agreement, ABB will design, supply, build and commission a 230-kilovolt gas-insulated substation, extend and modify two existing substations and the connecting 22-kilometer power transmission line. The work is slated for completion in July 2003.
Based in Switzerland, ABB is a power and automation technologies provider, employing 55,000 employees in more than 100 countries. ABB is represented in Saudi Arabia through several companies, which cover ABB’s range of activities in manufacturing, contracting, servicing and trading. — (menareport.com)
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