12-02-2015

Fluor wins major contract for natural gas transmission project

Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a contract by NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC, to provide engineering,  procurement and construction management services for an approximately 250-mile natural gas transmission pipeline in Ohio and Michigan that is  capable of transporting 2 billion cubic-feet-per-day of gas. Fluor booked the contract for an undisclosed value in the first quarter of  2015.

“This project is an example of how Fluor can deliver our integrated solutions to support the continued industrial and consumer demand for  natural gas in the U.S.,” said Pierre Bechelany, Fluor’s senior vice president of Pipelines and LNG. “This new award demonstrates Fluor’s  strengthened position in the North America pipeline market, and we will bring our decades of pipeline design and construction experience to  deliver cost and schedule efficiencies to the NEXUS project.”

Fluor is responsible for engineering, procurement, construction and  project management services for the mainline pipeline, which will be up  to 42 inches in diameter.

In addition to the main line, Fluor is designing and managing the construction of up to four compressor stations in Ohio to maintain the  pressure needed to push the gas through the pipeline as well as four meter stations that will provide flow control and gas quality monitoring  services.

DTE Energy Company and Spectra Energy Partners, LP, are the lead developers of the NEXUS Project. The NEXUS Project is expected to cost  approximately $2 billion and is designed to deliver incremental production from the Utica and Marcellus Shale plays to meet growing  demand for natural gas by distribution and end use markets in the Upper Midwest and Canada.

For more information, please visit www.fluor.com