Fluor awarded an upgrade contract for twoMarathon’s refineries in Texas

A view from Marathon's Galveston bay refinery (courtesy of The Center for Land Use Interpretation)

A view from Marathon’s Galveston bay refinery (courtesy of The Center for Land Use Interpretation)

Fluor Corporation announced today that it was selected by a division of Marathon Petroleum Corporation to execute the engineering and procurement scope for a major reconfiguration at Marathon’s Galveston Bay and Texas City, Texas refineries. Fluor will book the undisclosed contract value into backlog in the first quarter of 2017.
The reconfiguration, according to Fluor, will create a more efficient operation, allowing the two refineries to achieve updated U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tier 3 gasoline sulfur standards. The scope includes a new unit, modernization of several existing units and modifications to the utilities and offsites to support the scheduled process changes and refinery connections. Fluor is also performing the front-end engineering and design work for Marathon’s South Texas Asset Repositioning (STAR) program.