Wood Group has secured a new USD $40 million automation services contract with ExxonMobil Chemical in Texas. The contract will see Wood Group provide main automation contractor services, including detailed design and site construction of the process control systems, for a grassroots polyethylene plant to be built in Beaumont, Texas.
The Aberdeen-based group is also currently providing process control systems, engineering, procurement and fabrication services for ExxonMobil Chemical’s expansion project at the Baytown and Mont Belvieu plants near Houston. Wood Group said much of the work being done at the Baytown and Mont Belvieu project will be used for the Beaumont project by applying a “design-one, build-two concept” to help reduce project costs and schedules.