Samsung E&A Co. and GS Engineering & Construction Corp. have won a combined $7.2 billion deal to expand a gas plant in Saudi Arabia, the biggest order for South Korean companies in the Middle Eastern country, the presidential office said Wednesday. The Fadhili Gas Increment Program is a project run by Saudi Arabia's state oil giant, Saudi Aramco, to expand the capacity of an existing gas plant in an oilf.
Samsung E&A and GS E&C won a mega-sized contract worth $7.2 billion (9.6 trillion won) to widen a gas plant in Saudi Arabia, raising hopes for Korean construction firms to clinch more contracts in the Middle East, according to the presidential office, Wednesday.