Saudi Dow awards EPC contract

(MENAFN) The Dow Chemical Company has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for Fluor Corporation of its reverse osmosis (RO) manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia, according to Arab News. The new facility in Jubail Industrial City II will manufacture high-tech RO elements that purify water for drinking and industrial uses. The facility will also provide the local Saudi Arabia market with critical water needs. Snehal Desai, global business director, Dow Water & Process Solutions, said: "This state-of-the-art facility will bring enhanced capabilities and capacity to Dow's RO business in Saudi Arabia, and perfectly aligns to the Kingdom's drive to offer increasingly diverse employment opportunities for Saudi nationals."