Fluor for deep-water gas-to-power project

Irving, Texas – Fluor Corp has been awarded an EPC support contract for phase 3 of the Malampaya deep-water gas-to-power project. The award follows Fluor’s completion of the FEED contract for phase 3.

The project is being undertaken on behalf of the Philippine Government by the Service Contract 38 consortium. This comprises Shell Philippines Exploration BV, as operator; Chevron Malampaya LLC; and Philippine National Oil Co.—Exploration Corp.

The project is among the most significant in the Philippines: around 40% of the power for the main island of Luzon is generated by power plants using Malampaya gas.

Fluor Offshore Solutions is providing detailed engineering, procurement and selected construction support services as well as supporting the Shell team in managing the local fabricator.

Malampaya Phase 3 involves the design, fabrication and installation of a new depletion compression platform that is linked by a bridge to the existing shallow water platform.

Fluor is responsible for the engineering and procurement for the new depletion compression platform as well as modifications required on the shallow water platform.

Additional Fluor responsibilities include freight forwarding, material management for onshore fabrication and offshore installation, and preparation of work scopes for transportation and installation.

Work is being performed locally from Fluor’s service execution centres in Manila and Cebu as well as a local fabrication yard in the Philippines. The project is expected to be complete in 2015.

Fluor previously provided ongoing engineering services for the existing shallow water platform from 2000 to 2006 and more recently conducted a hazard and operability analysis for the Malampaya project.