# Samsung E&A and GS E&C win $7.2B gas plant expansion deal in Saudi Arabia

Samsung E&A and GS Engineering & Construction won a combined $7.2 billion EPC contract from Saudi Aramco to expand the Fadhili gas plant in Saudi Arabia. Samsung E&A's $6 billion portion covers two gas treatment facilities, and GS E&C's $1.22 billion portion covers a sulfur recovery unit.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2024-04-03
- Where: Fadhili gas plant, 80 km from Jubail, eastern Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
- Value: $7.20B
- Status: announced
- Capacity: increase from 25 million MMSCFD to 38 million MMSCFD
- Products: gas treatment facilities, sulfur recovery unit
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [GS Engineering & Construction](https://endata.com/companies/1049.md)
- [Samsung E&A](https://endata.com/companies/12473.md)
- [Saudi Aramco](https://endata.com/companies/304.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [en.yna.co.kr](https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240403002151315), 2024-04-03: "The deal is the result of an agreement reached during President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to Saudi Arabia last October to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in construction and infrastructure."
- [asiae.co.kr](https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2024040311314864321), 2024-04-03: "This is the largest order in the history of Korean companies’ contracts in Saudi Arabia."
- [koreaittimes.com](https://www.koreaittimes.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=130270), 2024-04-03: "The order, worth about $6 billion, is the largest ever won by a Korean construction company in Saudi Arabia."
- [m.koreaherald.com](https://m.koreaherald.com/article/3362680), 2024-04-03: "The landmark deal represents the largest plant construction agreement secured by Korean companies in the kingdom."

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