Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that its joint venture
with JGC was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)
contract by Chevron Canada Limited (Chevron) for the proposed Kitimat
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Bish Cove, British Columbia,
Canada. Chevron and Apache Canada Limited (Apache) each hold a 50
percent interest in the proposed project.
“We are excited to enter into the next phase of supporting the Kitimat
LNG project for Chevron and their partner Apache,” said Peter
Oosterveer, president of Fluor’s Energy & Chemicals Group. “Kitimat has
the potential to become Canada’s first major LNG production and export
terminal. Our strategic relationship with JGC was a key to winning this
project and is certainly proving to be a differentiator in our markets.”
The project scope includes completion of the existing FEED package by
finalizing value-improving concepts for the proposed LNG facility. The
scope of work also includes detailed engineering and procurement
services for the initial phases of the project.
The project will be performed by Fluor and its joint venture partner,
JGC, leveraging the global capabilities and expertise from both
companies with project work to be executed from their North America and
Asia Pacific offices.
About Fluor Corporation
For more than 100 years, Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) has partnered
with its clients to design, build and maintain many of the world's most
challenging and complex capital projects. Through its global network of
offices on six continents, more than 41,000 employees provide
comprehensive capabilities and world-class expertise in the fields of
engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, fabrication,
operations, maintenance and project management. Today, the company
serves a global client base in the energy, chemicals, government,
industrial, infrastructure, operations & maintenance, manufacturing &
life sciences, mining, power and transportation sectors. Headquartered
in Irving, Texas, Fluor ranks 110 on the FORTUNE 500 list and had
revenue of $27.6 billion in 2012. For more information, visit www.fluor.com
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