BASF picks Fluor as global engineering partner for petrochemical projects

Germany-based BASF has selected Fluor as its global engineering partner for future chemical and petrochemical plant projects around the world, officials with both companies said on Tuesday.

The services agreement was signed at BASF’s chemicals complex and headquarters in Ludwigshafen, Germany, by Peter Oosterveer, Fluor’s chief operating officer, Martin Buschbacher, BASF senior vice president of global indirect procurement, Wolfgang Haas, BASF president of legal, taxes and insurance, and Volker Knabe, BASF president of engineering and maintenance.

The agreement includes conceptual and front-end engineering, detailed engineering, procurement, project management, construction management and other services.  

“We are delighted to sign this global agreement with BASF as it marks a successful working partnership established over the past four years through projects undertaken under three regional agreements – Asia, Europe and North America,” said Fluor’s Oosterveer. 

“We will now be able to leverage Fluor’s global capabilities to provide integrated solutions and deliver chemical and petrochemical plant projects for BASF anywhere in the world," he added.

Fluor says it will use its global network of offices to execute future BASF plant projects around the world. Prior project experience with BASF in China, Germany, India, Poland, the US, Spain, Brazil and Malaysia will be fully utilized to enhance project delivery on an ongoing basis.