Shell Quest Carbon Capture Facility Project Wins in Power/Industrial Category
Fluor
Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that Engineering
News-Record (ENR) has named the Quest Carbon Capture Facility
Project as a Global Best Project for 2015 in the Power/Industrial
category. Fluor served as the engineering, procurement and construction
(EPC) contractor on the capture portion of Shell’s Quest project, in
addition to providing preliminary design services and early engineering
support.
The Quest
Carbon Capture Facility Project is a commercial processing facility
that will capture direct carbon dioxide emissions from Shell’s Scotford
Upgrader located near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. The facility
is expected to capture about 1 million tons of carbon dioxide a year –
the equivalent of removing 250,000 vehicles off the road annually. Quest
is Shell’s first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage facility
and was made possible through significant investment from the Government
of Alberta and Natural Resources Canada.
Implementing Fluor’s innovative 3rd
Generation Modular ExecutionSM approach for the capture
facilities in the early phases of the project, Fluor was able to reduce
the facility’s plot space by approximately 20 percent through
modularization and packing equipment into modules. This approach helped
reduce the project’s capital costs by nearly 30 percent from initial
estimates, reduce disruptions to the existing operating facility and
reduce the construction schedule. The project achieved zero lost-time
incidents, with more than 1.3 million hours worked.
“Having engaged with Shell from the project’s initial stages, we
delivered this commercial-scale carbon capture facility that meets both
their capital efficiency needs and operational targets,” said Jim
Brittain, president of Fluor’s Energy & Chemicals business in the
Americas. “This award recognizes the results that are achieved with
Fluor’s integrated solutions project approach. Our team members
continuously proposed and developed innovative ideas, while aligning
with the client and end users, to help us achieve our safety, budgetary
and schedule goals, and execute this project with excellence.”
“Global Best Projects identifies and honors the global project teams
behind outstanding design and construction efforts during the past
year,” said Scott Blair, deputy editor, Regions, ENR. “The
winners, including the Shell Quest Project, exemplify the challenges,
risks and rewards of designing and constructing throughout the world.”
Entries were judged on safety performance, innovation, community
contribution, design and construction excellence, ability to overcome
challenges and teamwork, by industry veterans and past award winners.
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
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