Petrobras unit selects Fluor for US refinery study

Feb. 2, 2010
Pasadena Refining System Inc. (PRSI), a subsidiary of Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), has selected Fluor to provide front-end engineering study services for a prospective US refinery project.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Feb. 2
-- Pasadena Refining System Inc. (PRSI), a subsidiary of Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), has selected Fluor to provide front-end engineering study services for a prospective US refinery project.

Fluor will provide engineering, estimating, and project management services for the conceptual engineering phase of the prospective project that would enhance the performance of the 100,000-b/d Pasadena, Tex., refinery.

The engineering study is currently underway in Fluor’s Sugar Land, Tex., office and will be completed later this year.