Seoul : Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., a major South Korean builder, said Monday that it has clinched a $963 million deal to build process units of refinery facilities in the Sultanate of Oman, Yonhap News Agency reported.

Under the deal with Duqm Refinery Petrochemical Industries Co., a joint venture between Daewoo Engineering and Tecnicas Reunidas of Spain will carry out the $2.75 billion project to construct the facilities at Duqm, located in the southern part of Oman.

Daewoo Engineering & Construction holds a 35 percent stake in the joint venture. Located in the Duqm Special Economic Zone, the refinery project will have a refining capacity of around 230,000 barrels of oil per day.

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