Fluor awarded FEED contract for LanzaTech SAF facility in Wales

Fluor Corp. announced Aug. 2 that it has been awarded a contract by LanzaTech UK Ltd. to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services* for one of the U.K.’s first planned commercial sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facilities in Port Talbot, Wales.

Fluor recognized the award in the second quarter.

Fluor will help advance LanzaTech’s Project DRAGON, which stands for decarbonizing and reimagining aviation for the goal of net zero, to convert locally derived waste gases to ethanol.

The ethanol can then be converted into SAF, meeting the U.K. government’s mandate that at least 10 percent of jet fuel should be made from sustainable feedstock by 2030.

“Decarbonizing aviation fuel will aid the aviation industry in meeting its net-zero carbon-emission goals,” said Jim Breuer, group president of Fluor’s energy-solutions business.

“We are confident that Fluor’s renewable fuels expertise paired with LanzaTech’s carbon capture and utilization technology can help accelerate the energy transition in this important sector,” he added.

SAF can reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by up to 80 percent when compared with conventional fossil jet fuel.

Fluor has 40,000 employees and had revenue of $13.7 billion in 2022.

The company is ranked 303 among the Fortune 500 companies.

With headquarters in Irving, Texas, Fluor has provided engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for more than 110 years.

*Editor’s Note: In April, LanzaTech awarded Technip Energies a FEED contract for the DRAGON project as well. There are two different FEED awards for different parts of the project. Part 1 is turning waste gas into ethanol. That’s the scope of the contract awarded to Fluor. Part 2 is turning this ethanol into SAF, which is Technip Energies’ part of the bigger program.