Punj Lloyd group to construct UK's First World Scale Bio-ethanol Plant

16 March 2007

The plant, the first global scale facility to be built in the UK, marks a major step in meeting the EU bio-fuel obligations. The full production from the plant is likely to commence in early 2009, with the construction work starting in the second quarter of this year.

The project is being set up at the Wilton International site in Teesside, an integrated petrochemical complex north-east of England. The project will employ approximately 800 people during the construction phase and approximately 100 people once the plant is fully operational.

This facility, will substantially underpin UK's entire target of bio-fuels, once the plant is fully operational.

The contract with Ensus comes close on heels to Simon Carves recent LOI to build 300 ktpa LDPE plant in Saudi Arabia.

Ensus is owned by the global private equity firm Carlyle and energy focused 'Riverstone Holdings'. The investment will be the first of a series of world scale facilities planned for construction by Ensus throughout Europe.