IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluor Corp. (NYSE:FLR) has been awarded program management, construction
management, and three major engineering and fabrication packages from BP
Products North America Inc. for its $3 billion Canadian Heavy Crude
Refinery Upgrade in Whiting, Ind. The initial new award of approximately
$300 million will be booked in Fluor's fourth quarter.
"We are very pleased that BP entrusts Fluor to manage and engineer one
of the most significant capital investments in the history of BP's North
American refining business," said Jeff Faulk, president of Fluor's
Energy & Chemicals business group. "We have a long history of success
working for BP, and we have been given the opportunity to further this
success story at Whiting."
The scope of work that Fluor has been awarded includes the overall
integrated program management and construction management; plus the
independent engineering, procurement, and fabrication of three major
work packages, including a revamped crude distillation unit, a gas oil
hydrotreater and the refinery infrastructure facilities to support the
additional heavy crude oil processing.
Front-end engineering design is currently under way at Fluor's Sugar
Land, Texas, office.
Construction on the project is tentatively scheduled to begin in 2007,
with completion by 2011. The construction workforce at the Whiting site
is projected to be approximately 2,500 workers.
Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) provides services on a global basis in the
fields of engineering, procurement, construction, operations,
maintenance and project management. Headquartered in Irving, Texas,
Fluor is a FORTUNE 500 company with revenues of $13.2 billion in 2005.
For more information, visit www.fluor.com.
Fluor Corporation, IrvingMedia RelationsKeith Stephens, 469-398-7624orSteve Roth, 469-398-7623orInvestor RelationsKen Lockwood, 469-398-7220orJason Landkamer, 469-398-7222469-398-7277 fax