Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) today announced that it has been awarded a
front-end engineering and design contract by INEOS Chlor for a new
chlor-alkali plant to be built at the company's manufacturing complex in
Runcorn, Cheshire, in the United Kingdom. The value of the contract has
not been disclosed, but it was included in the company's first-quarter
bookings.
The plant will use INEOS Chlor's state-of-the-art chlor-alkali membrane
technology, BiChlor which offers significant operating advantages. INEOS
Chlor is one of the major chlor-alkali producers in Europe and a global
leader in chlorine derivatives.
Fluor also is the overall project manager working with an integrated
team of engineers from Uhde GmbH of Dortmund, Germany, and INEOS Chlor.
Engineering is under way at Fluor's office in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
Constructed on a brown-field site at the Runcorn complex, the plant will
produce approximately 400,000 tons of chlorine annually. The new
facility will include brine treatment, electrolyses, chlorine drying and
liquefaction, hydrochloric acid and sodium hypochlorite syntheses,
storage, loading and utilities.
"We are extremely pleased to be awarded the development phase for this
important chemical project," said Henry Van Dyke, a Fluor president
responsible for Chemicals within Fluor's Industrial group. "The project
team offers extensive expertise in executing projects for the chemical
industry and is further strengthened by Uhde's track record in
chlor-alkali processing and electrolysis. This project further
reinforces Fluor's position as an industry leader in the application of
new process technologies."
Fluor provides services on a global basis in the fields of engineering,
procurement, construction, operations, maintenance and project
management. Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Fluor is a FORTUNE 500
company with revenues of nearly $9 billion in 2003. For more
information, visit www.fluor.com.
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