Bermuda-incorporated Foster Wheeler has announced that subsidiaries in its global engineering and construction group and its joint venture partner have been awarded contracts by ExxonMobil Asia Pacific.

The contracts are for project co-ordination and services and the engineering, procurement and construction of a number of downstream units and associated plant infrastructure for a second petrochemical complex in Singapore.

The Foster Wheeler contract value for this project was not disclosed but will be included in the company's third-quarter bookings.

"We are delighted that, with the award of the EPC phase of this huge project, we have the opportunity to continue the excellent working relationship we have built with the ExxonMobil team during the front-end phase," said Umberto della Sala, president & chief operating officer of Foster Wheeler.

"We are committed to leveraging our global strength to deliver what will be the largest single project ever undertaken by ExxonMobil Chemical and also the largest project ever executed by Foster Wheeler for ExxonMobil throughout our long and successful history with this client."