Jacobs Engineering Awarded Contract from PPL

Jacobs Engineering Group

announced today that it received a contract from Paradeep Phosphates Limited (PPL) to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services for its sulfuric acid plant expansion project in Paradeep, Orissa, India. Officials did not disclose the contract value, however noted that the total contract duration is 24 months. Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs is overseeing the work of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors as they expand PPL's sulfuric acid plant to enable an estimated capacity of over 2,000 tons per day. The expansion project also includes a retrofit of the heat recovery system in PPL's existing sulfuric acid plants, plus a