Fluor’s scopes of work on the Umm Wu’al project will include the following areas:

• provide overall PMC services for the development of the Umm Wu’al phosphate project;
• supervise and manage the feasibility study including the development of basic design packages which is undertaken by FEED contractor;
• manage the development, strategy, and tendering of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) packages; and
• manage and supervise all EPC contractors during EPC stage until project turnover closeout

“The Middle East has always been an important market for Fluor and we are delighted that our relationship with Ma'aden is expanding with the award of this significant project. We are honored that our client in Saudi Arabia recognizes the value that Fluor brings to a complex project like Umm Wu’al,” said Rick Koumouris, Fluor’s business line lead for Mining & Metals. "We will look forward to working closely with our client and bringing to bear all of the tools in our arsenal - especially our world class safety culture and rigorous processes and procedures - to secure the success of this project.”

Fluor will execute the Umm Wu’al project from its offices in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia with support from other global Fluor locations. The company has set a goal of at least 20 percent local Saudi labor content on the project beginning in year one. Once completed, the Umm Wu’al project will have an annual capacity of 100,000 metric tons per annum (MTPA) of food grade purified phosphoric acid; 90,000 MTPA of industrial grade sodium tripoly phosphate; 250,000 MTPA of animal feed grade dicalum phosphate/monocalcium phosphate; along with 280,000,000 MTPA of phosphate and compound fertilizers. The project will likely leverage much of the existing infrastructure including port, rail and other developments put in place by the Saudi Arabia Government.

In addition, it produces and delivers dynamic positioning systems; bridge mate integrated bridge system for ARPA radar, electronic

charts display and information system (ECDIS), cameras, sensor control, and monitoring applications; secure satellite communication solutions for the remote diagnostic and monitoring of integrated bridge system functions; bridge mate RadaScan, a position reference sensor based on radar for use in dynamic positioning and various vessel control applications; and bridge mate CyScan, a local position reference sensor that is engineered for marine vessel control applications.

Further, the company provides C-Comm box, a networking extended router that functions as a junction box between networks and services on vessels; C-Comm VSAT, which provides communications options to the maritime marketplace, including Internet protocol phones, vessel tracking, weather service, electronic navigational charts, content management, and global system for mobile communications; and C-Comm Weather that provides weather solutions for commercial shipping.

Furthermore, it distributes electronic navigational charts; and HVAC systems for marine vessels, restaurants, and commercial and industrial applications. Offshore Service Vessels, LLC was founded in 1960 and is based in Cut Off, Louisiana. The company has locations in Mandeville, Louisiana; Egersund, Norway; Singapore; and Brazil.

The contractor will operate and maintain the vessel for the duration of the charter. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $43,168,496. Services of the chartered vessel will be provided worldwide, and work is expected to be completed September 2013.