Fluor Awarded Contract for PETRONAS Isononanol Chemical Plant in Malaysia
08 August 2017 - 6:01AM
Business Wire
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it was
awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management
(EPCM) contract by PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation
Sdn. Bhd. for an isononanol plant located in Pengerang, Johor,
Malaysia. Fluor will book the undisclosed contract value in the
third quarter of 2017.
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Groundbreaking of PETRONAS isononanol
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“This award is a testament to the strong partnership we have
with PETRONAS,” said Ken Choudhary, president of Fluor’s energy and
chemicals business for the Asia-Pacific region. “We will use our
experience and best practices gained from completing other
isononanol facilities on time and on budget to deliver this project
with excellence.”
The project is part of PETRONAS’s Refinery and Petrochemical
Integrated Development (RAPID) project and the mammoth $27 billion
Pengerang Integrated Complex development. Fluor, in a consortium
with Technip, is serving as the program management consultant for
the RAPID project, as well as the EPCM contractor for the
utilities, interconnecting and offsites scope.
The facility will produce 250,000 tons per year of isononanol,
which is a key chemical building block in plasticizers used in the
automotive and building industries. Facility start-up is expected
in 2019.
About Fluor Corporation
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is a global engineering,
procurement, fabrication, construction and maintenance company that
designs, builds and maintains capital-efficient facilities for its
clients on six continents. For more than a century, Fluor has
served its clients by delivering innovative and integrated
solutions across the globe. With headquarters in Irving, Texas,
Fluor ranks 149 on the Fortune 500 list with revenue of $19 billion
in 2016 and has more than 60,000 employees worldwide. For more
information, please visit www.fluor.com or follow Fluor on social
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