The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) has awarded Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) a contract to provide project-management contractor services for its new oil-and-gas processing and petrochemical complex (OGPC) in Azerbaijan. Fluor will book the contract for an undisclosed value in the first quarter of 2015.
The OGPC megaproject has multiple interfaces not only between process units, utilities and offsite facilities, but also between the new gas-processing and petrochemical facilities. The complex will be located on a greenfield site 60 kilometers southwest of Baku.
As the project-management contractor, Fluor will support SOCAR’s selection and management of future contractors that will perform detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and startup of the gas-processing plant as well as front-end engineering design, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and startup of the petrochemical plants including associated offsite facilities.
“Fluor is proud to be selected by SOCAR as the project-management contractor on this unique, world-scale project,” said Taco de Haan, president of Fluor’s Energy & Chemicals business for Europe, Africa and Middle East. “Fluor has demonstrated expertise in managing downstream megaprojects that will allow us to deliver the project on schedule while meeting safety, quality and cost objectives.”