Fluor Corporation has announced was selected by Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) as the preferred bidder to design, construct and commission the Mina Abdullah Package 2 Clean Fuels Project in southern Kuwait
The Clean Fuels Project involves upgrading Kuwait's Mina Abdullah and Mina Al-Ahmadi refineries in order to increase capacity.
Fluor will provide engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) services as well as the associated commissioning, start-up and testing support. Fluor expects to book its undisclosed portion of the project value in the company's first quarter of 2014.
Taco de Haan, president of Fluor Energy & Chemicals for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, said, "This project will increase productivity at the facility while also delivering products that comply with state-of-the-art environmental standards. We are proud to continue our decade-long legacy of executing EPC projects with KNPC in Kuwait."
Fluor formed a joint venture with Daewoo Engineering & Construction and Hyundai Heavy Industries for the Clean Fuels Project.
