Montreal-based SNC Lavalin has signed a contract with Florexx International Investments to build a refinery in the UAE with a capacity of 100,000 barrels of petroleum products per day. SNC-Lavalin will conduct extended basic design engineering and subsequent design and delivery of the advanced topping refinery. The results of the basic engineering, projected to be out by the third quarter of 2018, will be used to support project FID approvals.