Mitsui wins Egyptian contract

Japanese trading company Mitsui & Co. has won an order to install petrol refining facilities at a petroleum refinery of the Egyptian Refining Company, with a contract value of US$1.8 billion. Mitsui will jointly install light petrol refining facilities with South Korean construction company GS Engineering & Construction in Cairo. Mitsui and GS Engineering & Construction will deliver the facilities in 49 months after contract signing. (August 30, 2007)