# Samsung Engineering wins $822M order to upgrade Thai chemical plant

Samsung Engineering, in consortium with TTCL Public Company, signed an EPC contract with PTT Global Chemical Public Company to reconfigure an olefins plant in Rayong, Thailand, with Samsung Engineering's share worth 670 billion won.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-01-23
- Where: Rayong, Thailand
- Value: $822.4M (880.0B KRW)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 500,000-ton ethylene and 250,000-ton propylene per year
- Products: olefins, ethylene, propylene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Samsung Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/977.md)
- [PTT Global Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/813.md) (customer)
- [Samsung Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/977.md) (supplier)
- [TTCL Public Company Limited](https://endata.com/companies/5701.md) (partner)
- [PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited](https://endata.com/companies/15056.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [pulse.mk.co.kr](https://pulse.mk.co.kr/news/english/8165889), 2018-01-24: "Samsung Engineering Co., a construction unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, clinched an 880 billion won ($822.4 million) order to upgrade petrochemical plant facilities in Thailand."
- [hydrocarbonprocessing.com](https://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2018/01/thailand-s-pttgc-awards-olefin-plant-790mm-contract-to-samsung/), 2018-01-24: "The new plant is expected to begin commercial operation in 2020."
- [biz.heraldcorp.com](https://biz.heraldcorp.com/article/1570635), 2018-01-24: "삼성엔지니어링(028050)은 공사수주에 관한 단일판매ㆍ공급계약체결을 24일에 공시했다."
- [rigzone.com](https://www.rigzone.com/news/samsung_wins_contract_for_thailand_olefins_project-24-jan-2018-153258-article), 2018-01-24: "We have successfully delivered numerous … projects to Thailand for more than 20 years."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.