Marathon Petroleum Corporation (Marathon) unit has selected Fluor Corporation to execute the engineering and procurement work for a major reconfiguration at its refineries in Galveston Bay and Texas City, Texas.
The value of the contract has not been disclosed.
Fluor will book the value of this contract into backlog in the first quarter of this year.
Fluor’s US-based energy and chemicals business president Mark Fields said: “Fluor continues to provide sustaining capital services at five Marathon sites across the United States, and has supported the Texas City and Galveston Bay operations since 2013.
“Having previously executed the initial studies and early engineering for these projects, we are proud to progress them through the engineering and procurement phase.”
The reconfiguration will lead to a more efficient operation, enabling the two refineries to achieve updated US Environmental Protection Agency Tier 3 gasoline sulfur standards.
The scope of this contract includes a new unit, modernisation of several existing units and modifications to the utilities and offsites to support the scheduled process changes and refinery connections.
Fluor is also carrying out the front-end engineering and design work for Marathon’s South Texas Asset Repositioning (STAR) programme.
Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Fluor Corporation is a global engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction and maintenance company that designs, builds and maintains facilities for its clients worldwide.
Image: Fluor Corporation headquarters. Photo: courtesy of Fluor Corporation.
