# CB&I awarded $40M contract for ethane cracking furnace at DuPont's Texas plant

CB&I was awarded a contract valued at approximately $40 million by DuPont to provide engineering, procurement and construction for an ethane cracking furnace expansion at DuPont's Sabine River Works ethylene plant in Orange, Texas. The new furnace will have an ethylene capacity of 200 million pounds per year.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-06-21
- Where: Orange, Texas, United States
- Value: $40.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 200 million pounds per year
- Products: ethane cracking furnace, ethylene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [CB&I](https://endata.com/companies/2527.md)
- [CB&I](https://endata.com/companies/2527.md) (supplier)
- [DuPont](https://endata.com/companies/13205.md) (customer)
- [E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company](https://endata.com/companies/25055.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cbi-awarded-contract-for-ethane-cracking-furnace-project-300477097.html), 2017-06-21: "CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $40 million by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) to provide engineering, procurement and construction for an ethane cracking furnace expansion project"
- [process-worldwide.com](https://www.process-worldwide.com/cbi-awarded-contract-for-ethane-cracking-furnace-project-a-619365/), 2017-06-26: "This award adds to CB&I's winning streak of ethylene projects on the U.S. Gulf Coast."

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