Early utilities and linear low-density polyethylene unit have begun operations
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluor
Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that its joint venture with
TechnipFMC has successfully completed its engineering, procurement and
construction management services scope of work on Sasol’s world-scale
petrochemical complex in Westlake, Louisiana. The joint venture will
continue to provide assistance to the Sasol team with remaining
activities by working with Sasol in parallel on transition plans for
each unit and system. The joint venture team will also assist in
performance testing for the complex.
A 1.5-million-ton-per-year ethane cracker is at the heart of the
complex, which also includes six downstream chemical units and
associated utilities, infrastructure and offsites.
“This milestone is the culmination of nearly seven years of hard work by
Fluor’s project team and we are proud to have successfully delivered our
scope,” said Mark
Fields, president of Fluor’s Energy & Chemicals business in the
Americas. “We brought our extensive U.S. Gulf Coast construction and
megaproject expertise using our integrated solutions approach, and we
are proud of the lasting positive impact this project will have on
Southwest Louisiana.”
Beginning in November 2018, Fluor’s joint venture began incremental
transitions of assets from the joint venture to Sasol upon completion of
each unit or system. All units have been transitioned to Sasol except
for the low-density polyethylene unit, which will be handed over by the
end of March 2019.
The project achieved first steam in August 2018. Utilities to support
the early process units were fully operational by the end of November
2018 and the linear low-density polyethylene unit achieved beneficial
operations in February 2019.
More than 6,000 staff and craft were on site at peak to build the
complex, which use the ethylene produced by the cracker to manufacture
high-value chemicals that are used in everyday consumer products. The
project team strengthened and widened more than two miles of roadway in
the community to support the completion of more than 500 heavy haul
transports to the project site.
The Fluor joint venture integrated a team of 30 main construction
contractors and worked in collaboration with Sasol to strengthen the
local economy, with more than $4 billion committed to Louisiana
businesses. AMECO, Fluor’s equipment division, provided construction
equipment to various subcontractors onsite.
The joint venture also invested in the local community by contributing
more than $185,000 to local schools and charitable organizations
throughout the project.
About Fluor Corporation
Founded in 1912, Fluor
Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is a global engineering, procurement,
fabrication, construction and maintenance company that transforms the
world by building prosperity and empowering progress. Fluor serves its
clients by designing, building and maintaining safe, well executed,
capital-efficient projects around the world. With headquarters in
Irving, Texas, Fluor ranks 153 on the Fortune 500 list with revenue of
$19.2 billion in 2018 and has more than 53,000 employees worldwide. For
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