Fluor completed the front-end-engineering and design (FEED) for the BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Integrated Aroma Ingredients Complex in Kuantan, Malaysia in September 2013. We were awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract in January 2014 when the project was sanctioned by the owner.

In September 2016, we announced the mechanical completion of a citral facility and associated infrastructure. The facility will produce citral, among other aroma ingredients, to meet the growing demand for citral-based products in the flavor and fragrance industry.

Fluor completed the FEED for the facility.  Engineering was led from Manila, Philippines, and procurement was led from Shanghai, China.  We also completed the FEED for a downstream L-menthol unit in June 2014.

During construction, we managed a workforce of nearly 2,200 craft workers, comprising 10 different nationalities. With the concurrent construction of the citral facility and menthol unit, the project achieved an accelerated 24-month construction schedule and navigated multiple critical process tower lifts in a compact working environment.

Implementing a strong health, safety and environment culture at the site, the projects achieved more than 8 million work hours without a lost-time incident and received the Malaysian Occupational Safety and Health Practitioner's Association Gold Award for excellence in occupational safety and health.