Fluor to provide dow engineering and design services for its chemical plant expansion

Irving, texas--(business wire)--fluor corporation (nyse: flr) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the dow chemical company to provide basic engineering and design services on its propane dehydrogenation (pdh) expansion project in freeport, texas. the undisclosed contract value will be booked in the second quarter of 2011. “we are pleased to have been selected by dow as their partner for this important expansion project,” said peter oosterveer, president of fluor's energy & chemicals group. “we are also encouraged to see a renewed focus on growth and expansion in the chemical industry in the united states.” the basic engineering will be executed in fluor’s houston, texas office with support from its office in manila, philippines. once construction is complete, the facility will produce polymer-grade propylene. about fluor corporation fluor corporation (nyse: flr) 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. headquartered in irving, texas, fluor is a fortune 200 company and had revenue of $20.8 billion in 2010. for more information, visit www.fluor.com.
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