Original news was published on 8 October, 2014

Fluor was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract by utility American Electric Power to provide environmental retrofit services at the utility company’s coal-fired Northeastern power station in Oologah, Oklahoma.

The work is part of AEP’s plan to exit the coal-fired power plant business, which was approved by the EPA earlier this year. Unit 4 at Northeastern will be shutdown by 2016, followed by the retrofitted Unit 3 in 2026.

Fluor will add activated carbon and dry sorbent injection systems for Unit 3 at the plant to control emissions of mercury, sulfur dioxide and acid gasses, the Texas-based engineering and construction company said in a statement. Fluor will also install a new pulse jet fabric filter to remove particulates from the emissions of Unit 3.

Fluor will be responsible for the demolition, installation and erection of the above-ground mechanical and structural systems and components, along with related engineering and procurement services.

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