JGC Corp. has been awarded a contract for the detail engineering, procurement support and construction management services associated with constructing heavy crude oil upgrading facilities in the Puerto La Cruz oil refinery by PDVSA Petroleo S.A. (PDVSA), Venezeula’s state-run oil company. JGC will undertake the project as leader of a consortium including Chiyoda Corp. and INELECTRA, a Venezuelan engineering company. The Puerto la Cruz oil refinery is located about 300km east of Caracas, the Venezuelan capital. The cost-reimbursable contract calls for the construction of heavy crude oil upgrading facilities with a capacity of 210,000bpd. The facilities will be first in the world to commercially employ the HDH Plus heavy crude oil cracking process technology, which was developed independently by PDVSA.