Fluor Daniel B.V. and its joint venture partner, Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries (MHI), announced today they have been awarded a contract by
Slovnaft A.S. of Bratislava, Slovakia, for the lump-sum, turn-key supply
of a residue hydrocracking plant using technology of ABB-Lummus Global.
Fluor Daniel and MHI will provide engineering, procurement and
construction services for the plant, which will convert low-value,
high-sulfur heavy fuel oil to low-sulfur fuels and heating oil. The
process will use three reactors, each weighing approximately 1,200 tons.
The reactors will be delivered via the Danube River, then transported to
the site via heavy transport vehicles. Engineering will be executed in
Fluor Daniel B.V.’s Haarlem, Netherlands, office, and the plant is
scheduled for completion in December 1998. Employment is expected to
peak on site with 1,200 workers.
Slovnaft is Slovakia’s sole producer of liquid fuels and petrochemicals,
and is the leading producer in the Central European region.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a major
engineering and construction company for large-scale plants, and
supplies a wide spectrum of machinery and equipment throughout the world.
Fluor Daniel, Inc., the principal subsidiary of Fluor Corporation, is a
global engineering, construction and diversified services company with
more than 50 offices worldwide.
