Fluor Corporation (FLR) announced that Heartland Canada Partners (HCP), Fluor’s 50/50 partnership with Kiewit Construction Services ULC, was awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement, and construction services for a new propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit for Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corporation (CKPC), a 50/50 joint venture between Pembina Pipeline Corporation (Pembina) and Kuwait’s Petrochemical Industries Company K.S.C. (PIC). The new PDH unit is part of CKPC’s integrated PDH plant and polypropylene upgrading facility that will be located in Sturgeon County, Alberta, Canada. Fluor expects to book its portion of the contract value in the first quarter of 2020.
HCP and CKPC worked collaboratively throughout the process to de-risk the project for the benefit of both parties.
When complete, CKPC’s integrated PDH plant and polypropylene upgrading facility will convert locally sourced, low-cost propane into 550,000 tons per year of polypropylene. Polypropylene is used to manufacture a broad range of consumer products including automobile parts, food storage containers, and medical devices. In addition to the two units, the complex will consist of a central utility block and product handling area with associated support systems and facilities.
Engineering on the project has begun, and construction is anticipated to begin in late 2020. Mechanical completion of the new PDH unit is planned for the second half of 2023.
