Fluor Corporation has been chosen to perform engineering, procurement and construction services on a refinery upgrade project in Ferndale, Washington, USA. Awarded by Phillips Petroleum Company and booked in the second quarter of 2002, the contract’s value was not disclosed. In compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new regulations initiating the production of cleaner gasoline, the upgrade calls for the installation of a Cat Gasoline Desulphuriser Unit, that will utilise Phillips’ S Zorb(TM) sulphur removal technology, and the revamp of an existing gasoline splitter unit.
Project engineering began in June 2002 and construction is scheduled to commence in October 2002. The project is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2003.
