Hyundai Engineering of South Korea announced recently that it has won a contract with PT Pertamina to provide front end engineering design (FEED) services for the state-run company’s TPPI Olefin project in Tuban, Indonesia.

The TPPI Olefin Complex will have the capacity to annually produce 700,000 tons of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), 300,000 tons of low density polyethylene, and 600,000 tons of polypropylene upon its completion.  Samsung Engineering has also reportedly won a FEED contract for the project, it is likely that the two providers will eventually be in competition with one another for the coming engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the project, with PT Pertamina to choose between the basic designs from Hyundai and Samsung for the best FEED evident for the project.