Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that its joint venture with JGC was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Chevron Canada Limited (Chevron) for the proposed Kitimat Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Bish Cove, British Columbia, Canada. Chevron and Apache Canada Limited (Apache) each hold a 50 percent interest in the proposed project.

“We are excited to enter into the next phase of supporting the Kitimat LNG project for Chevron and their partner Apache,” said Peter Oosterveer, president of Fluor’s Energy & Chemicals Group. “Kitimat has the potential to become Canada’s first major LNG production and export terminal. Our strategic relationship with JGC was a key to winning this project and is certainly proving to be a differentiator in our markets.”

The project scope includes completion of the existing FEED package by finalizing value-improving concepts for the proposed LNG facility. The scope of work also includes detailed engineering and procurement services for the initial phases of the project.

The project will be performed by Fluor and its joint venture partner, JGC, leveraging the global capabilities and expertise from both companies with project work to be executed from their North America and Asia Pacific offices.

About Fluor Corporation

For more than 100 years, Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) has partnered with its clients to design, build and maintain many of the world's most challenging and complex capital projects. Through its global network of offices on six continents, more than 41,000 employees provide comprehensive capabilities and world-class expertise in the fields of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, fabrication, operations, maintenance and project management. Today, the company serves a global client base in the energy, chemicals, government, industrial, infrastructure, operations & maintenance, manufacturing & life sciences, mining, power and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Fluor ranks 110 on the FORTUNE 500 list and had revenue of $27.6 billion in 2012.

About JGC

JGC, one of Japan's leading engineering companies, was established in 1928. Since then, JGC has carried out approximately 20,000 projects in Japan as well as overseas, in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South America, and East Europe. JGC's fields of expertise range from the hydrocarbon area, including gas, oil and petrochemicals, to the general industrial field, including pharmaceuticals and chemicals. From basic planning of the project to design, procurement of materials and equipment, construction and commisioning, JGC's engineering services provide a total and consistent system that has been highly evaluated by clients all over the world. JGC has also established local engineering centers in diverse countries to ensure the global scale project implementation. In addition, JGC supports the client's business from a lifecycle perspective, and provides total engineering services that include not only implementation of the project, but also new business planning, optimization proposals, operation and maintenance, and system solutions.

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