Technip wins work for Westlake ethylene expansion in Louisiana

HOUSTON (ICIS)–Technip has won a contract to work on a Westlake Chemical ethylene expansion project in Louisiana, the France-based international petrochemicals engineering firm said on Tuesday.

Technip said that the contract is for detailed engineering and procurement services to expand the recovery section of Westlake’s Petro 1 ethylene plant at Sulphur, Louisiana.

Stan Knez, senior vice president at Technip’s Stone & Webster Process Technology business, added: “This award follows a series of Technip feasibility studies to help Westlake evaluate expansion options and development of the process design package and front end engineering design for the expansion.”

He did not comment on costs, capacities or timelines for completion.

Westlake said previously that it was looking to expand the Petro 1 plant.