# Wood Group awarded $40M contract by ExxonMobil Chemical for polyethylene plant automation

Wood Group has been awarded a $40 million contract by ExxonMobil Chemical to provide main automation contractor services for a grassroots polyethylene plant to be built in Beaumont, Texas.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2016-11-16
- Where: Beaumont, Texas, United States
- Value: $40.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: process control systems, polyethylene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Wood Group](https://endata.com/companies/386.md) (supplier)
- [ExxonMobil Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/387.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [automation.com](https://www.automation.com/article/exxonmobil-chooses-wood-group-to-automate-polyethy), 2016-11-16: "Wood Group has been awarded a $40 million contract by ExxonMobil Chemical to provide main automation contractor services, including detailed design and site construction of the process control systems, for a grassroots polyethylene plant to be built in Beaumont, Texas."

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