DSM Phase I & II EPT3 Program - EPC

Fluor was awarded a Basic Engineering Package for DSM's grassroots synthetic rubber EPT-3 project in Geleen, The Netherlands. With the successful execution of this phase, DSM also contracted Fluor to perform the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) phases.

Major unit operations for this synthetic rubber process are monomers drying, solution polymerization reactors, catalyst deactivation and extraction, degassing, stripping, and crumb formation, crumb dewatering, drying, and packaging.
The new plant was integrated within the existing two plants at Geleen.

Several existing process and logistics systems required modifications because the new systems would be shared with existing ones.
The project's scope for the FEED-phase included the preparation of a Basic Engineering Package and the corresponding forced detailed cost estimate and the subsequent EPC-phase estimate including development of EPC-execution strategies, schedules, and selection of alliance partners.

The project was executed by an integrated team of Fluor engineering personnel and DSM operations, maintenance, and engineering personnel.
During the EPC phase, Fluor applied a multi-office execution strategy utilizing Fluor's Haarlem office (The Netherlands) as the main operating center and Fluor's office in Poland for Detailed Engineering and Design.