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Sep 17 2009

RasGas commends Fluor for completion of projects

DOHA: Fluor Corporation yesterday announced that RasGas Company Limited had recently recognised the firm for its successful completion of the RL3 Common Offplot Projects in Ras Laffan Industrial City . Fluor began the $1.5bn engineering, procurement and construction management project in November 2005.

Fluor's engineering, procurement and construction management for the common offplot facilities included power distribution, laying pipelines, installing storage tanks and related equipment for common storage and loading operations supporting numerous new LNG, gas-to-liquids and gas sales projects in Ras Laffan City .

"Over the past three-plus years, our project team has consistently demonstrated engineering and construction excellence on this milestone-driven mega project for RasGas ," said Jim Heavner, Senior Vice President, Fluor's Energy and Chemicals Group. "Our project team successfully trained more than 62,000 different workers at the site coming from 40 different countries with peak construction manpower reaching nearly 9,000 workers in January 2008."

Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Fluor designs, builds and maintains many of the world's most challenging and complex projects. Through its global network of offices on six continents, the company provides comprehensive capabilities and world-class expertise in the fields of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance and project management.

Speaking of the project in Ras Laffan, Dave Marchak, RasGas Venture Manager, said, "The Common Offplot Projects have set new benchmarks for project execution excellence, particularly in the area of safety performance."

© The Peninsula 2009

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