The JGCS Consortium and Vietnam's Construction Corporation No1 have signed an agreement to build civil works at the Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Project in central Thanh Hoa province. The US$91-million sub-contract is for the construction of the project's civil works, zone-1 and zone-2. Speaking at the signing ceremony in Hanoi on February 22, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai required the project's main contractor, JGCS, and domestic sub-contractors, including Construction Corporation No1, to closely coordinate with the project's investor, consultant and supervisor to assure the project progresses on schedule and at a high quality, while maintaining a safe environment for workers and environmental protection standards. The success of the project will help continuously build ties between domestic and foreign contractors in future projects, Hai added. He also highly praised the JGCS's preparation for the project's construction and congratulated Construction Corporation No1 as the Vietnamese firm that can prove its competence and experience to be selected as a sub-contractor of the project. The project is the largest-ever in Southeast Asia and also the largest FDI project in Vietnam – with capital topping US$9 billion. It is a joint venture between PetroVietnam, with a 25.1% stake, Kuwait Petroleum International with 35.1%, Japan's Idemitsu Kosan with 35.1% and Mitsui Chemicals with a 4.7% investment. Once commissioned in 2017 as scheduled, the project is expected to refine 200,000 barrels of crude oil per day, which is the equivalent of 10 million tonnes of oil per year. It is estimated it will create thousands of jobs during the construction period and more than 1,000 jobs when operational. This will be the second oil complex in Vietnam, alongside the Dung Quat oil refinery plant. The JGCS Consortium includes Japan’s JGC Corp, Chiyoda Corp, France’s Technology Technip and GS Engineering & Construction of the Republic of Korea. VNA/VOV online
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