EPCM award from Emirates Aluminium

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WorleyParsons will perform the contract in joint venture with SNC-Lavalin. The contract is for the first phase of the US$6 billion Taweelah aluminium smelter complex in Abu Dhabi. The project comprises a smelter of 700,000 tonnes capacity plus a 2,000 MW power plant and associated facilities. Upon completion of the second phase, the plant will be the largest aluminium smelter in the world.

EMAL is a joint venture company established by Dubai Aluminium Company DUBAL, and Mubadala Development Company, an investment vehicle of the Government of Abu Dhabi. The EPCM contract is valued at a range of US$75 million to $85 million to WorleyParsons, which has a minimum 33% share of the joint venture with SNC-Lavalin. WorleyParsons will utilise its UAE operations in conjunction with its Melbourne and Beijing offices to provide the EPCM services under the contract with EMAL.

The award is seen as a significant win for WorleyParsons, providing the Company with both growth opportunities and further diversification in the Middle East market. WorleyParsons’ Chief Executive, John Grill, said “We see Emirates Aluminium as a strategic client. They have a powerful combination of technology, quality management, strategic geographical positioning and ambitious growth plans. We plan to grow on our success in this tender process to build a long term, successful relationship with EMAL.

“This project represents one of the largest EPCM project awards in the UAE in many years. We plan to demonstrate, with a successful project, that the EPCM model is the most effective model for project delivery, particularly in the current climate of competition for resources.

“The win provides an avenue for the expansion of our extremely strong Aluminium capability into a global business to match the WorleyParsons footprint. The co-operation with SNC-Lavalin on this proposal builds on the success we are seeing on the Olympic Dam expansion project.”