Fluor Ethane Cracker Project Hits Milestone
November 03 2015 - 8:55AM
Business Wire
U.S. Gulf Coast Petrochemicals Project
Completes Tallest Lift
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it has
completed the tallest lift on its U.S. Gulf Coast Petrochemicals
Project for Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips
Chemical).
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Milestone lift for U.S. Gulf Coast
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Fluor, in a joint venture with JGC, is performing the
engineering, procurement and construction of a 1.5
million-metric-tons-per-year ethane cracker and associated offsite
components at Chevron Phillips Chemical’s existing Cedar Bayou
complex in Baytown, Texas. Fluor direct-hire craft workers are
executing construction for the project, which is the first
greenfield cracker project in the United States in more than a
decade and will be one of the largest crackers in the United States
when completed.
Over the past three months, Fluor has executed nine mega-lifts
at the site by erecting the major pieces of equipment that will be
used in the plant’s operations. Each lift was more than 275 tons,
with three of the lifts weighing more than 500 tons. The final
lift, to erect a C2 Splitter (used for olefin separation) that is
part of the ethane cracker, was more than 250 feet tall and weighed
more than 570 tons. Two best-in-class cranes were needed to lift
the unit, which weighs more than 300 cars. All nine lifts were
completed safely and on schedule.
“Achieving this milestone is a testament to the dedication and
commitment of our 2,500 craft workers currently at the site,” said
Jim Brittain, president of Fluor’s Energy & Chemicals business
in the Americas. “We are deploying our full suite of integrated
solutions—including our self-perform construction expertise,
innovative construction execution methodologies and unique
scaffolding partnership—to meet Chevron Phillips Chemical’s cost
and schedule goals.”
Construction has begun on the world-class furnaces and
aboveground piping systems.
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 and
integrated 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 136 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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