Fluor Corp. has been awarded an engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction contract by Fort Hills Energy for the utilities scope of the Fort Hills oil sands mining project. The project is located about 90 km (56 miles) north of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada. Fluor booked the contract for $1.3 billion in third-quarter 2014.
The Fort Hills project will be developed as an open-pit truck and shovel mine and is planned to yield 180,000 bbl/d of bitumen at full production. First oil is expected as early as fourth-quarter 2017.
The Fort Hills project is owned by Fort Hills Energy LP, a partnership between Suncor Energy, Total E&P Canada Ltd. and Teck Resources Ltd.
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