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Three major EPC contracts have been awarded to joint ventures of Tecnicas Reunidas and Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., and Petrofac International and Samsung Engineering Co., respectively, and to Saipem, with Amec Foster Wheeler being the project management consultant for the EPC phase.. Once operational, the 230,000 barrels per day-capacity refinery will produce a number of key products: diesel, jet fuel, naphtha and liquefied petroleum gas.

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