Fluor Selected as Project Management Contractor for OGPC Project in Azerbaijan
March 18 2015 - 6:57AM
Business Wire
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), as a
result of the bidding process, awarded Fluor Limited (NYSE: FLR) a
contract to provide project management contractor services for its
new oil-gas processing and petrochemical complex (OGPC) in
Azerbaijan. Fluor will book the contract for an undisclosed value
in the first quarter of 2015.
The OGPC megaproject has multiple interfaces not only between
process units, utilities and offsite facilities, but also between
the new gas processing and petrochemical facilities. The complex
will be located on a greenfield site 60 kilometres southwest of
Baku.
As the project management contractor, Fluor will support SOCAR’s
selection and management of future contractors that will perform
detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and
start-up of the gas processing plant as well as front-end
engineering design, detailed engineering, procurement,
construction, commissioning and start-up of the petrochemical
plants including associated offsite facilities.
“Fluor is proud to be selected by SOCAR as the project
management contractor on this unique, world-scale project,” said
Taco de Haan, president of Fluor’s Energy & Chemicals business
for Europe, Africa and Middle East. “Fluor has demonstrated
expertise in managing downstream megaprojects that will allow us to
deliver the project on schedule while meeting safety, quality and
cost objectives.”
The project will be performed from Fluor’s UK office in
Farnborough where the company serves a wide range of industries
including energy, chemicals, government, industrial,
infrastructure, mining and power market sectors.
About Fluor Corporation
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is a global engineering and
construction firm that designs and builds some of the world's most
complex projects. The company creates and delivers innovative
solutions for its clients in engineering, procurement, fabrication,
construction, maintenance and project management on a global basis.
For more than a century, Fluor has served clients in the energy,
chemicals, government, industrial, infrastructure, mining and power
market sectors. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Fluor ranks 109 on
the FORTUNE 500 list. With 40,000 employees worldwide, the
company's revenue for 2014 was $21.5 billion. Visit Fluor at
www.fluor.com and follow on Twitter @FluorCorp.
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