Petrochemical
Fluor wins engineering contract for major aromatics facility expansion in Bahrain
The planned facility will use commercially proven technologies to produce approximately 1.2 million metric tons of paraxylene and 0.5 million metric tons of benzene each year
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By ICN Bureau | July 23, 2026
The GPIC complex in Sitra, Kingdom of Bahrain
Fluor Corporation has secured a key engineering contract from Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) to design a major new aromatics facility in the Kingdom of Bahrain, strengthening the country’s industrial growth ambitions.
Under the agreement, Fluor will deliver front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for the project, which will expand GPIC’s existing petrochemical complex currently producing ammonia, urea and methanol.
The planned facility will use commercially proven technologies to produce approximately 1.2 million metric tons of paraxylene and 0.5 million metric tons of benzene each year. These essential chemical building blocks are widely used in the production of plastics, polyester fibers and packaging materials, helping meet rising global demand across consumer and industrial markets.
"This award reflects GPIC’s confidence in Fluor’s ability to deliver complex petrochemical projects with technical excellence and predictable outcomes,” said Pierre Bechelany, Fluor’s Business Group President of Energy Solutions. “We look forward to supporting GPIC as it advances this important investment for the Kingdom of Bahrain’s industrial future.”
The project marks another step in GPIC’s expansion strategy and highlights Fluor’s continued role in delivering large-scale energy and petrochemical infrastructure projects worldwide.
