Fluor Corp. announced today that Qatar National Facilities Services (QNFS), a Qatari-based company partly owned by Fluor, signed a five-year comprehensive maintenance services contract with RasGas Co. Ltd.

Following a competitive tendering process, the new contract was awarded to provide maintenance services for the entire complex.

Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value into backlog in the third quarter of 2011.

"Fluor and Trading and Agency Ltd. (TRAGS) are delighted to continue our relationship with RasGas, Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil through QNFS," remarked Kirk Grimes, president of Fluor's global services group. "We are committed to introducing global best practices that will support RasGas' vision to be a world-class global energy supplier that continually strives for excellence."

Fluor previously completed the RL3 Common Offplot project for RasGas in 2009. For that project, Fluor trained more than 62,000 different workers at the site from 40 different countries, with the peak construction workforce reaching nearly 9,000 workers in January 2008.

RasGas is owned by Qatar Petroleum and an affiliate of ExxonMobil and produces approximately 37 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually for export to global markets.

RasGas oversees and manages all the operations associated with seven LNG trains, two sales gas production facilities, helium production facilities, offshore production platforms, as well as major shipping contracts and global commercial partnerships.