Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the company was awarded a new project by Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden). Fluor’s scope of work is to provide project management consulting (PMC) services related to the development of the Umm Wu’al greenfield phosphate project and related facilities in northern Saudi Arabia. Fluor will book approximately $200 million related to the contract in the fourth quarter of 2012.

The project kick-off was commemorated at a contract signing ceremony held on December 1 in Saudi Arabia where Ma’aden representatives, local dignitaries and Fluor senior executives were present including Chairman & Chief Executive Officer David Seaton.

Fluor’s scopes of work on the Umm Wu’al project will include the following areas:

• provide overall PMC services for the development of the Umm Wu’al phosphate project;
• supervise and manage the feasibility study including the development of basic design packages which is undertaken by FEED contractor;
• manage the development, strategy, and tendering of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) packages; and
• manage and supervise all EPC contractors during EPC stage until project turnover closeout.

“The Middle East has always been an important market for Fluor and we are delighted that our relationship with Ma'aden is expanding with the award of this significant project. We are honored that our client in Saudi Arabia recognizes the value that Fluor brings to a complex project like Umm Wu’al,” said Rick Koumouris, Fluor’s business line lead for Mining & Metals. "We will look forward to working closely with our client and bringing to bear all of the tools in our arsenal - especially our world class safety culture and rigorous processes and procedures - to secure the success of this project.”

Fluor will execute the Umm Wu’al project from its offices in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia with support from other global Fluor locations. The company has set a goal of at least 20 percent local Saudi labor content on the project beginning in year one. Once completed, the Umm Wu’al project will have an annual capacity of 100,000 metric tons per annum (MTPA) of food grade purified phosphoric acid; 90,000 MTPA of industrial grade sodium tripoly phosphate; 250,000 MTPA of animal feed grade dicalum phosphate/monocalcium phosphate; along with 280,000,000 MTPA of phosphate and compound fertilizers. The project will likely leverage much of the existing infrastructure including port, rail and other developments put in place by the Saudi Arabia Government.

KBR (NYSE: KBR) has announced today it has been awarded a contract amendment by Saudi Aramco to execute front-end engineering and design (FEED) for its Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) project at the Jazan Refinery and Terminal near Jazan Economic City, Saudi Arabia. Once complete, it will be the largest gasifier-based power facility built in the world.

The IGCC complex will convert vacuum residue to electricity and utilities for the refinery and export approximately 2.4 gigawatts of electricity to the Jazan Economic City and the surrounding region. This award follows KBR’s recent completion of FEED for the Jazan Refinery and Terminal, a 400,000 bpd facility located near Jazan Economic City.

“KBR is pleased to support Saudi Aramco in the development of Jazan Refinery and Terminal Project and what is to become the largest IGCC complex in the world,” said David Zelinski, President, Downstream. “This contract represents our continued commitment to providing Saudi Aramco quality FEED services and is a testament of the quality of work we have already conducted in the region.”

Technip has been awarded by Total E&P Angola an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPIC) contract for the second phase of the Girassol Resources Initiatives (GirRI) development project. The field is located 210 kilometers offshore Angola, at a water depth of 1,300 meters.

The contract covers the project management, engineering, fabrication and installation of:

• 21 kilometers of umbilicals(1),
• 13 kilometers of interconnecting power cable between the Dalia and the Girassol floating production storage and offloading units (FPSO), both delivered by Technip,
• the recovery and disposal of four rigid spools(2),
• the installation of eight new flexible spools.

Technip Angola Engenharia(3) will share responsibility for the overall project management and engineering of this subsea project with Technip UK. Various steel structures will be fabricated by the Angoflex(3) spoolbase in Dande, Angola. The flexible spools will be fabricated at Technip’s manufacturing plant in Le Trait, France. The offshore campaign is scheduled for the end of 2014, with the main installation vessel being from Technip's fleet.

By Reuters: Siemens announced it has signed a three-year service contract with Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations ( Adco ) for the maintenance of the strategic Habshan-Fujairah crude oil pipeline’s automation and telecom system.

“Thethree-year service contract is for maintenance and operational support services. Siemens designed, engineered, installed and commissioned entire automation and telecom system for strategic pipeline. Siemens will train ADCO’s ( Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations ) workforce on operation and maintenance of bespoke system,” the company said.

Adco is the pipeline’s operator. The terms of Siemens’ maintenance contract includes the option of a two-year extension. The announcement was made during the opening day of Abu Dhabi Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (Adipec), which started in the capital yesterday. The four day event brings together experts from the global energy sector to discuss the various challenges and opportunities in the industry and to share their technical knowhow.

The nearly 380-kilometre Habshan-Fujairah oil pipeline runs from Abu Dhabi to the Fujairah. With a nominal capacity of about 1.5 million barrels a day, the pipeline began pumping crude in June this year for the first time and presents the UAE with an alternative to shipping oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

“The signing of this service contract is a prime example of our commitment to the development of the region’s infrastructure,” said Dietmar Siersdorfer, chief executive, Energy, Siemens Middle East.