Fluor Awarded Construction Contract for MEGlobal Project in Freeport, Texas

Fluor Corporation announced that MEGlobal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EQUATE Petrochemical Company, awarded the company a contract for mechanical construction of its new monoethylene glycol (MEG) manufacturing facility in Freeport, Texas. Fluor will book the undisclosed contract value in the first quarter of 2018.

“This is Fluor’s fifth major construction project in Freeport over the past six years,” said Jack Penley, senior vice president of Construction & Fabrication for Fluor. “This will be MEGlobal’s first manufacturing unit in the United States, and our construction team’s focus on safety and quality are among the reasons that Fluor is the construction contractor of choice for the Freeport market.”

Fluor’s mechanical construction scope includes the installation of equipment, steel and piping for the MEG process unit. About 1,000 craft professionals are expected at peak construction for Fluor’s scope.

MEG is a key building block for polyester fibers, plastic bottles and other everyday items. Operations are expected to begin in 2019.