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| Petrofac Investment in Pipeline to Supply South Africa | 03/09/2007 |
Petrofac, through its Energy Developments division, signs Memorandum of Understanding to acquire an interest in a planned pipeline and tank farm system to import petrol and diesel from the Maputo area of Mozambique and supply inland markets in South Africa.  |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract by CEPSA in Spanish Refinery | 03/09/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's Spanish subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Iberia, S.A.U., part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, awarded contract by Compania Espanola de Petroleos, S.A. (CEPSA), one of the main Spanish refining companies, for the design, material supply, construction, and erection of a new crude heater, a new vacuum heater and a combustion air preheater system for La Rabida Refinery in Huelva, Spain. |
| TransCanada Expands Unit 4 Refurbishment on Bruce A | 03/09/2007 |
| TransCanada Corporation announces that Bruce Power and the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) have agreed to expand the scope of the Bruce A Restart and Refurbishment project by installing 480 new fuel channels in Unit 4. |
| Technip Awarded Contract by Statoil for Gjøa Field | 29/08/2007 |
| Technip awarded contract by Statoil, worth approximately € 24 million (NOK 190 million) for fabrication and installation of infield pipelines on Gjøa. The Gjøa field is located in the blocks 35/9 and 36/7 on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, approximately 45 km west of Sognefjorden, and 60 km northeast of Troll C. The water depth in the area is between 360 to 380 meters. |
| AMEC Awarded Contract for Potash Project | 29/08/2007 |
| Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PotashCorp) secures AMEC to create a new mine and expand existing operations in New Brunswick. AMEC will provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for the estimated CDN $1.7 billion (USD $1.6 billion) project. The project, which is awaiting regulatory approval, will take four years to complete. |
| Technip Awarded FEED contract for Grassroots Refinery | 27/08/2007 |
| Technip awarded lumpsum front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Qatar Petroleum, worth approximately USD 60 million, for the Al Shaheen refinery to be built in Messaieed, Qatar. Technip's operations and engineering centres in Paris and Abu Dhabi will execute the contract. |
| Foster Wheeler to Supply Heat Recovery Steam Generator | 27/08/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's subsidiary within its Global Power Group awarded contract for heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) by BP Oil Refineria de Castellon, S.A. The boiler will be built at BP's oil refinery in Castellon, Spain. |
| Jacobs Selected by GlaxoSmithKline as Singapore Alliance Contractor | 23/08/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group's Singapore operations selected by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as their Alliance Contractor at the two GSK manufacturing facilities in Singapore. Jacobs will provide engineering, procurement, project management, construction management, and validation services. The Alliance will encompass multiple projects in support of GSK's ongoing capital investment program. This is the first Alliance program for GSK in Singapore. |
| Technip Awarded Contract for Cili Padi Gas Field Development | 23/08/2007 |
| Technip awarded contract for Cili Padi gas field development by Shell Oil and Gas Malaysia LLC. Shell, a production sharing contract (PSC) contractor to PETRONAS, is the operator for the field, with PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd and Nippon Oil as partners. The Cili Padi field is located 153km offshore Bintulu (Malaysia), at a water depth of 91m. Technip's operations and engineering center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia will execute the contract. |
| Jacobs Receives Two Sulfur Recovery Project Contracts in China | 22/08/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receives two contracts from Hofung Technology to provide Jacobs' patented sulfur recovery technologies, EUROCLAUS(R) and SUPERCLAUS(R), for two separate projects in China. Hofung Technology is a Dutch company specializing in marketing and sales of technology and equipment for the chemical, petrochemical, power, and energy industries, with operations in China since 1992. They are a sub-licensor of Jacobs' technologies through its Comprimo(R) Sulfur Solutions group. The two firms have partnered since 1992 to provide these two technologies to clients in China. |
| Jacobs Receives Clean Fuels Contract From Indian Oil Corp | 22/08/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receives contract from Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) to provide project management and engineering, procurement, and construction management services for a 2.2 million tons per annum diesel hydro treatment (DHDT) project to be located at IOCL's Gujarat Refinery in the state of Gujarat, India. |
| Technip Awarded FEED Contract for Ethane Extraction | 22/08/2007 |
| Technip awarded by Sonatrach a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for an ethane extraction project located in Arzew, Algeria. This contract covers two units to extract ethane from the liquefied natural gas produced by the GL1Z and GL2Z trains at Arzew. |
| Westinghouse and Shaw Sign Historic Contracts | 21/08/2007 |
| The Shaw Group Inc. announces that Shaw and Westinghouse Electric Company, its AP1000 Consortium partner, have signed definitive contracts with State Nuclear Power Technology Company of China (SNPTC), Sanmen Nuclear Power Company, Shandong Nuclear Power Company Ltd., and China National Technical Import & Export Corporation (CNTIC) to provide four AP1000 nuclear power plants in China. Shaw will provide engineering, procurement, commissioning, information management and project management services for the four unit construction program. Shaw has previously announced the addition of approximately $700 million for this program to its backlog of work. |
| Jacobs Receives Contract from Pfizer for New Biotech Manufacturing Centre | 21/08/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group receives contract from Pfizer Limited to provide construction management services for a new small-scale clinical biotech manufacturing center in Shanbally, Cork, Ireland. Jacobs will start construction in September 2007, with manufacturing scheduled to start in the completed facility by late 2009. Jacobs will manage all work from its offices in Cork. |
| AMEC Wins Middle East Consultancy and Engineering Services Contract | 21/08/2007 |
| AMEC awarded five-year consultancy and engineering services contract by the Kuwait National Petroleum Company, covering upgrades, refurbishment and modifications on Kuwait's three existing refineries. The contract is worth over 23.3 million Kuwait Dinars (approximately £41.9 million at current exchange rate). Starting immediately, the work covers provision of services management, engineering services, including concept/basic design, process and general engineering covering the complete refineries activities. |
| Mott MacDonald to Design Facilities For New Oil Field in Sudan | 21/08/2007 |
| Mott MacDonald, with contractors Higleig Petroleum Services, commissioned by Petrodar Operating Company to design $100 million field processing facilities for a new oil field at Moleeta, part of the Melut Basin Oil development project in Sudan. It is envisaged that this will increase the country's oil production by 50,000 barrels of oil per day. |
| Technip-Subsea 7 J.V. Awarded Contract for Alve Field Development | 21/08/2007 |
| Technip and Subsea 7 awarded contract by Statoil worth approximately €37 million for the development of the Alve field located offshore Norway. The contract covers project management, engineering, procurement, installation, installation support and pre-commissioning of a rigid production flowline(1). This 16km-long carbon steel flowline with internal corrosion resistant alloy cladding will have a direct electrical heating cable with a mechanical protection system. It will be installed between the existing Norne FPSO(2) and the Alve L template. |
| Technip Awarded Contract for Syngas Plant in China | 21/08/2007 |
| Technip awarded basic design and engineering package contract by Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (YPC) for a syngas plant located in Nanjing, China. This plant will have a capacity of 25,000m3/hour of carbon monoxide (CO), 16,000m3/hour of oxo gas*, and 59,000m3/hour of hydrogen. It will be based on Technip's proprietary reformer technology and Air Products' proprietary cryogenic CO purification technology. |
| Fluor Joint Venture Awarded Mining Expansion Project | 21/08/2007 |
| Fluor Corporation announces that BHP Billiton awarded the Mine & Port Development JV (MPDJV) a contract to provide engineering, procurement, construction management and commissioning services for an iron ore expansion project in Western Australia. Total project value is $1.8 billion and Fluor's share of the EPCM Contract is 50 percent. |
| Fluor Selected for Grupa LOTOS Project in Poland | 21/08/2007 |
| Fluor Corporation awarded contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services to build utilities and off-sites for the Grupa LOTOS Comprehensive Technical Upgrade Program in Gdansk, Poland. The project will be executed by Fluor's Gilwice, Poland, office. The contract value for Fluor is more than EUR 200 million (US $275.3 million) and was booked during second quarter 2007. Grupa LOTOS is Poland's second-largest oil refiner and retailer. |
| Foster Wheeler Wins Contract for New Delayed Coker Complex | 21/08/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's Madrid-based subsidiary Foster Wheeler Iberia, S.A.U., part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, awarded contract by Petroleos del Norte, S.A. (Petronor) for the engineering, procurement and construction management of a delayed coking complex at its refinery at Somorrostro (Vizcaya), in northern Spain. The coking complex will be comprised of a 36,000 barrels per stream day delayed coker, which will use Foster Wheeler's leading SYDEC(SM) delayed coking technology, plus coke handling and storage facilities and a gas concentration unit. Petronor is majority-owned by Repsol YPF. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract by IES for Refinery Modernisation | 21/08/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's Milan-based subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Italiana S.p.A., part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, awarded contract by Italiana Energia e Servizi S.p.A. (IES) for the engineering, procurement and construction supervision services for a modernisation project at IES' Mantua refinery in northern Italy. The refinery modernisation aims to produce automotive diesel complying with European Union ultra-low-sulfur specifications and reduce refinery emissions to the environment. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Feasibility Study by C.GEN | 21/08/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's Milan-based subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Italiana S.p.A., part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, awarded feasibility study by C.GEN N.V. for a 400 MWe (gross megawatt electric) coal-fired integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) plant to be built in northern Europe. C.GEN is a company belonging to the same group as Cobelfret, aimed at the development of new energy projects focused on coal and environmentally friendly solutions. Cobelfret is a transport and logistics group based in Europe. |
| Jacobs Receives Two Sulfur Recovery Project Contracts in China | 21/08/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receives two contracts from Hofung Technology to provide Jacobs' patented sulfur recovery technologies, EUROCLAUS(R) and SUPERCLAUS(R), for two separate projects in China. Hofung Technology is a Dutch company specializing in marketing and sales of technology and equipment for the chemical, petrochemical, power, and energy industries, with operations in China since 1992. They are a sub-licensor of Jacobs' technologies through its Comprimo(R) Sulfur Solutions group. The two firms have partnered since 1992 to provide these two technologies to clients in China. |
| J. Ray McDermott Awarded Long Term Agreement by Saudi Aramco | 21/08/2007 |
| McDermott International, Inc's subsidiary, J. Ray McDermott, S.A. ("J. Ray"), awarded seven-year project by Saudi Aramco to provide engineering, procurement, construction, and installation for the Offshore Maintain Potential Program in Saudi Arabia. The project is known in the industry as the "Long Term Agreement" or "LTA". |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Feed for Karan Onshore Gas Project | 21/08/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's two subsidiaries in its Global Engineering and Construction Group, Foster Wheeler Energy Limited and Foster Wheeler Arabia Limited, awarded front-end engineering design (FEED) and program management services contract by Saudi Aramco for the Karan onshore gas processing facilities at Khursaniyah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
| KBR Subsidiary Awarded Detail Engineering Contract by Statoil | 21/08/2007 |
| KBR subsidiary, M.W. Kellogg Limited (MWKL), awarded detail engineering contract by Statoil on behalf of Gassco and Gassled. MWKL will be responsible for the upgrading and development of the Statoil gas treatment facility at Karsto located north of Stavanger, Norway. Karsto is a hub for gas production to 30 large and small fields in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea. |
| Aker Kvaerner Wins Further Polyolefins Projects in China | 06/08/2007 |
| Aker Kvaerner awarded contract by ShenHua Baotou Coal Chemicals Co., Ltd for new polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) facility at its coal chemical complex in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. Aker Kvaerner is providing the basic engineering design, technical advisory services, and certain offshore equipment procurement service. The contract value to Aker Kvaerner was not disclosed. |
| Total and Sonatrach Partner to Build a Petrochemical Complex | 06/08/2007 |
| Total selected to build petrochemical complex in Arzew, near Oran, Algeria, in partnership with Sonatrach. The project encompasses the construction of an ethane cracker and three product lines. The cracker will have a capacity of 1.4 million metric tons per year. The feed gas will come from southern Algerian fields. The cracker will produce around 1.1 million metric tons of ethylene per year, which will be processed into 410,000 metric tons of monoethylene glycol, 350,000 metric tons of high density polyethylene and 450,000 metric tons of linear low density polyethylene, mainly for export. |
| Technip Awarded Contract for Lotos' Refinery in Poland | 06/08/2007 |
| Technip awarded lumpsum turnkey contract by Grupa Lotos S.A. worth approximately €472 million for the Gdansk Refinery in Poland. Technip's operations and engineering centre in Rome will execute the contract. This is the third contract signed by Technip in Poland in the last few months, reinforcing the presence of the Group in this country. |
| SNC Lavalin J.V. to Build Alcan's Aluminium Smelter in South Africa | 06/08/2007 |
| SNC-Lavalin and its partners, Murray & Roberts and Hatch, as joint venture partners sign contract with Alcan Inc., valued at more than US$100 million, for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) and engineering, procurement and construction management services (EPCM) for the first phase of Alcan's Coega Aluminium Smelter Project in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Upon completion of this first phase, the smelter will have an initial capacity of 360,000 tonnes/yr. |
| Qatalum Awards Contract for 1250 MW Power Plant | 06/08/2007 |
| Qatalum, the new aluminium smelter company in Qatar, a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Hydro Aluminium AS, has awarded the contract for its 1250 MW Power Plant to a consortium integrated of General Electric and Doosan Heavy Industries Construction Co., Ltd. The EPC Contract was signed on behalf of Qatar Petroleum by Mr. Abdulla H. Salatt - Chairman of the Qatalum Executive Committee - and on behalf of Hydro Aluminium Jon-Harald Nilsen - also a member of the Qatalum Executive Committee. |
| Technip Awarded Paraxylene Complex Project in Poland | 06/08/2007 |
| Technip awarded contract worth approximately €160 million by PKN ORLEN S.A. for the construction of a new paraxylene* complex in its refinery in Plock, central Poland.
Technip's operations and engineering centre in Rome will execute the project which includes engineering, procurement and supply of equipment and materials, and technical assistance for activities at site (construction, precommissioning and commissioning). Services, materials and equipment supply will be delivered on a lump sum basis; activities at site will be charged on a cost plus fee basis. |
| KBR Subsidiary Awarded Contract by Sojitz Corporation | 06/08/2007 |
| KBR's subsidiary, MW Kellogg Limited (MWKL), awarded contract to provide Basic Engineering Design (BED) package for an ammonia plant revamp. The ex Kemira-Growhow plant is currently being re-located from Rotterdam in the Netherlands to Pakistan by Fatima Fertilizer Co. Ltd. and will form part of a new fertilizer complex to be owned and operated by Fatima at Sadiqabad. |
| Jacobs Receives Contracts from Total in Germany | 06/08/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receives 2-year renewal of its contract with Total Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland GmbH to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services at Total's refinery at Spergau in Eastern Germany. Jacobs will continue performing the work from its office in Schkopau, Germany, near the refinery site. The Spergau facility, which has a capacity of 11 million tons per year, is the newest grassroots refinery in Europe. |
| Jacobs Receives Contract for Fort Saskatchewan Extraction Plant | 06/08/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receives contract from Aux Sable Canada LP and NOVA Chemicals for engineering, procurement, and construction management of extraction plant proposed for Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. The proposed extraction plant will have the capacity to process as much as 1.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day from the Alliance pipeline, and will produce approximately 40,000 barrels per day of ethane. The extraction plant will be owned and operated by Aux Sable Canada LP, with the ethane delivered via pipeline to NOVA Chemicals' Joffre, Alberta, petrochemical complex for use as a feedstock in the production of ethylene. |
| KBR Awarded EPC Contract for Sonatrach Skikda LNG Project | 09/07/2007 |
| KBR awarded engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for Sonatrach Skikda LNG project, to be constructed at Skikda, Algeria. The contract has an approximate value of USD 2.8 billion. In addition to performing the EPC work for the 4.5 million metric tons per annum LNG train along with associated LPG and condensate recovery, KBR will execute the pre-commissioning and commissioning portion of the contract. Work is expected to begin in July and will be executed in Houston prior to moving to the Skikda Site. |
| Technip Awarded Contract for Polyethylene Plant in China | 09/07/2007 |
| Technip, in association with INEOS as the licensor, has been awarded a contract by Liaoning Huajin Chemicals for a high density polyethylene plant to be built in Panjin (China). The contract covers the basic engineering design for the plant and the pre-commissioning support. The plant, based on INEOS' Innovene S technology, will produce 300,000 tons/year of high density polyethylene intended for the manufacture of resistant plastics. |
| Technip Awarded Services Contract for Fort Hills Oil Sands Project | 05/07/2007 |
| Technip awarded contract by Fort Hills Energy L.P. for the transformation of heavy oil from the bitumen sands of the Fort Hills Oil Sands project. This services contract includes front-end engineering design, detailed engineering, procurement, construction and project management for the primary upgrader, to be constructed near Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. |
| Kårstø Processing Complex Upgrading | 05/07/2007 |
| Kårstø processing complex north of Stavanger will undergo comprehensive upgrading over the next few years. KEP2010 is a common term for several projects whose purpose it is to make Kårstø facilities more robust for safe and efficient operations for many years to come. The project's framework investment is estimated at around NOK 6.5 billion. Kårstø facilities are owned by the Gassled partnership. Gassled's steering committee agreed to implement KEP2010 on 2 July. Plans call for the completion of KEP2010 projects between 2010 and 2012, with upgrading work beginning in the autumn of 2008. The KEP2010 workforce working on site will comprise around 500 personnel at any given time. M W Kellogg Ltd in London has been awarded the contract for KEP2010 engineering work, worth around NOK 1 billion. M W Kellogg has carried out pre-engineering for KEP2010 since June last year with Sørco AS and Norconsult AS as subcontractors. |
| AMEC Wins £20m Engineering Services Contract in Middle East | 05/07/2007 |
| AMEC awarded four-year engineering services contract by Saudi Arabian Chevron Inc/Kuwait Gulf Oil Company Joint Operations (JO) covering the Kuwait onshore portion of the Divided Zone between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The value of the contract is £20 m over the four years. The work covers provision of engineering advisory services, including front-end engineering, design work and preparation of tender documents. |
| Jacobs Receives EPCM Contract from Novartis | 03/07/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group is providing engineering, procurement, and construction management services for Novartis' new manufacturing facility to be located in Holly Springs, N.C. The new facility will produce trivalent pandemic and interpandemic influenza vaccines utilizing an innovative cell culture based process for U.S. and overseas markets. Jacobs is providing services on-site and from its Cincinnati office. |
| Jacobs Receives Contract for Elastomers Plant Expansion | 03/07/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receives contract from Dow Chemical Company to provide detailed design services for an expansion to Dow's Solution Elastomer manufacturing facility at Schkopau, Germany. The project involves adding a third process train to the existing production facility. Jacobs' services include performing detailed engineering for the process units portion and managing the offsite interfaces. |
| Design Basis Announced for Fort Hills Project | 03/07/2007 |
| Petro-Canada, on behalf of the Fort Hills Energy L.P., announces the formal design basis for its Fort Hills Project - an integrated oil sands mining project that includes a mine and bitumen extraction plant 90 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, Alberta and an upgrader in Sturgeon County northeast of Edmonton, Alberta. This milestone marks the partnership's commitment to proceed with the front-end engineering and design (FEED) stage. The FEED process will take about 12 months to complete, producing a definitive cost estimate and the basis upon which the final go-ahead decision on the project will be made. |
| ExxonMobil Chemical to Expand ExxsolTM Hydrocarbon Fluids Capacity in Singapore | 03/07/2007 |
| ExxonMobil Chemical to add 130,000 tons per year of capacity to its ExxsolTM hydrocarbon fluids plant in Jurong Island, Singapore. This will bring Singapore fluids production to over 500,000 tons per year. Commercial quantities of the product from the new facility are expected to be available in the fourth quarter 2008. |
| Cacouna Energy Project Receives Québec Government Approval | 03/07/2007 |
| The Cacouna Energy Project, a joint project of Petro-Canada and TransCanada Corporation (TransCanada) has been granted a decree by the Québec government approving the proposal to construct the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) re-gasification terminal in Québec. The terminal would be located in Gros Cacouna, approximately 200 kilometres east of Québec City on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. In advance of granting the decree, the Québec Ministry of Environment completed its environmental assessment of the project. |
| Technip Awarded Contract for Hydrogen Plant in Spain | 03/07/2007 |
| Technip awarded CEPSA lumpsum engineering, procurement and construction contract, worth approximately €60 million, for a hydrogen plant to be built at the Huelva refinery, Spain. Technip's operations and engineering center in Zoetermeer (The Netherlands) will execute the contract, with support from the center in Barcelona (Spain). |
| Jacobs Receives Contract from Saudi Aramco | 03/07/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receive contract to provide basic design package for 900 ton per day (TPD) sulfur recovery unit (SRU) for the Khursaniyah Gas Plant in Saudi Arabia. The new SRU will use Jacobs' proprietary SUPERCLAUS(R) technology to recover sulfur from acid gas feed streams to produce molten elemental sulfur. It will be designed to achieve 99 percent sulfur recovery at the end of a 2- year run. This 900 TPD SRU train will be added in parallel to three SUPERCLAUS(R) trains now under construction. |
| AMEC Joint Venture Wins Extension to Offshore Oil and Gas Contract | 27/06/2007 |
| Joint venture between Clough Ltd and AMEC awarded a multi-million dollar, 15-month extension to its operations and maintenance contract by ConocoPhillips Australia for the Bayu-Undan Offshore Development located in the Timor Sea. Clough AMEC will continue to service the production facilities at the Bayu-Undan gas and condensate field, located about 250 kilometres south of Suai, Timor-Leste, and 500 kilometres north-west of Darwin, Australia. Clough AMEC supports this contract from its offices in Perth and Darwin, training centre in Dili, Timor-Leste and through the provision of offshore based personnel. |
| E.ON to Build Pilot Plant for CO2 Capture | 27/06/2007 |
| As the first company in Europe, E.ON will be testing a new process in Sweden which can be used to remove up to 90 per cent of the carbon dioxide (CO2) from power plant flue gases. The method is currently being developed by Alstom, the power generation specialist. E.ON and Alstom have now agreed to continue developing the technology at E.ON's power plant at Karlshamn to a stage where it can be used in the actual environment of a power plant. The pilot plant at Karlshamn is to start trial operation in early 2008. |
| Fluor Awarded Full Notice to Proceed for TXU's Oak Grove Project | 27/06/2007 |
| Fluor receives full notice to proceed from a subsidiary of TXU Corp., Oak Grove Management Company LLC, to complete engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPC) services for the estimated $1.8 billion Oak Grove power plant project. As announced in June 2006, Fluor began engineering and procurement services from its Greenville, South Carolina, project execution office awaiting approval of the air permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), which was received on June 13, 2007. |
| Fluor Awarded Canadian Power Plant Project | 21/06/2007 |
| Fluor Corporation subsidiary, Fluor Canada, Ltd., awarded procurement and construction project by St. Clair Power, L.P. to build 570-megawatt combined cycle power plant in Ontario, Canada. Fluor received full notice to proceed in the first quarter 2007. Completion of the power plant is projected to be in fourth quarter 2008. The approximate contract value of the award is $250 million. |
| Bechtel Signs EPCM Agreement with Prairie State Energy Campus | 21/06/2007 |
| Prairie State Energy Campus enters final phase of project development to begin construction this autumn. Prairie State has: signed a $2.9 billion engineering, procurement, construction and management (EPCM) agreement with Bechtel Power Corporation for the power-related facilities; committed to state-of-the-art supercritical technologies and emission control equipment with three global technology firms; expanded agreements with current equity partners; and brought on board a new partner. |
| Aker Kvaerner to Deliver Process Technology | 20/06/2007 |
| Aker Kvaerner signs contract for delivery of equipment and modifications to Aker Floating Production's SMART 1 Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessel. This new contract is an amendment to a contract awarded in November 2006 for both SMART 1 and 2 vessels. |
| Fluor and J. Ray McDermott Awarded Poinsettia Project | 20/06/2007 |
| Fluor Corporation's subsidiary, Fluor Daniel South America Limited, will lead a consortium with J. Ray McDermott, a subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc., to provide program management, engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the 4,000-ton topsides for an offshore drilling and gas production platform for BG Trinidad & Tobago Limited. The Poinsettia project will be located off the northwest coast of Trinidad in 530 feet of water. |
| AMEC Awarded Contract to Manage Mine Upgrade | 20/06/2007 |
| PotashCorp, the world's largest fertilizer enterprise, awards AMEC a contract to design and manage expansion of a leading potash mine. Escalating global demand for the potash, a mineral essential to fertilizer, is expected to rise by more than 12 percent this year and is cited as one of the reasons PotashCorp will invest CDN $900 million (£430m) to upgrade its Cory Potash Mine in Saskatchewan, Canada. |
| Moomba Carbon Storage Demonstration Project | 20/06/2007 |
| Santos confirms that it submitted proposal to the Federal Government last week regarding what was presented as the Moomba Carbon Storage ("MCS") project. This follows discussions with government officials extending back into 2006. It is important to note that the Government has not responded to this proposal and it remains under consideration. |
| AMEC to Support Key Contract in Korea | 15/06/2007 |
| AMEC positions itself for future environmental work in South Korea as member of consortium that won major contract with the U.S. Army. Under the contract with the Far East District of the U.S. Army Engineer Division, SK Engineering & Construction (SKEC), supported by AMEC and other partners, will provide up to US$14 million in environmental services to the Department of Defense and other U.S. government interests in Korea. |
| AMEC Wins Clean-Air System Contract | 15/06/2007 |
| AMEC announces US power generator Southern Company awarded it contract to install new clean-air systems on two 865-megawatt coal-fired boilers in Georgia. The contract will see AMEC construct new scrubber system designed to remove sulfur dioxide from existing coal-fired boilers' emissions. |
| Jacobs Receives 3-Year Partnership Contract From Essent | 13/06/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.receives 3-year partnership contract from Essent Projects BV to provide front-end design and engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services for power and natural gas projects. Jacobs' work is part of Essent's 5-year, multibillion-Euros capital investment program. |
| Jacobs Awarded Contract by Lyondell Chemical | 13/06/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group receives contract award from Lyondell Chemical Technology Limited, a subsidiary of Lyondell Chemical Company, to provide engineering design services to prepare the technical details of the licensor's project design package for the world's largest propylene oxide/styrene monomer (POSM) project in Ningbo, China. |
| Jacobs Receives Wyeth Contract for PLX Pilot Laboratory Facility | 13/06/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receiveS contract from Wyeth Medica Ireland to provide detailed design and construction management services for new pilot scale laboratory facility at the Grange Castle site, Clondalkin, Ireland. The development includes expanding and consolidating all development activities on site to support manufacturing and finishing operations. |
| Bechtel Wins Brass LNG Project Management Contract | 11/06/2007 |
| Brass LNG Limited enters into Project Management contract with Bechtel Corporation of the United States to manage some aspects of construction work on the Brass LNG Project. The contract covers the coordination of all plant site activity for the construction of the Brass LNG project comprising two trains of 5 million metric tons per annum, as well as other works involved in the construction of the plant. |
| Technip Awarded Contract For YME Field Redevelopment Project | 06/06/2007 |
| Technip awarded by Talisman Energy turnkey contract, worth approximately €110 million, for Yme field re-development. This field, located 100km offshore Norway, is today operated by Talisman Energy. Technip's operations and engineering centre in Oslo (Norway) will execute the contract. The flowlines will be welded at one of Technip's spoolbases. |
| CB&I Awarded LNG Project In Chile | 06/06/2007 |
| CB&I awarded contract by GNL Quintero S.A. of Chile to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal at Quintero Bay, Chile. The contract is valued at approximately $775 million. GNL Quintero S.A. is a joint venture between Endesa Chile, ENAP, Metrogas Chile and BG Group plc. |
| Saipem Awarded New Onshore Contract in Algeria | 06/06/2007 |
| Sonatrach awards consortium composed of Saipem, as leader, and the company Lead Contracting, an EPC contract encompassing the engineering, procurement and construction of a crude oil treatment and stabilisation plant (UBTS, Unité de Traitement du Brut et de sa Stabilisation). |
| SNC-Lavalin and WorleyParsons Awarded EPCM Contract In UAE | 04/06/2007 |
| SNC-Lavalin awarded, in joint venture with its Australian partner WorleyParsons, major engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contract by Emirates Aluminium (Emal). SNC-Lavalin's share in the joint venture will be 67%, and its revenues from the contract will be approximately $US200 million. |
| Expro Secures New Contracts Worth £200m | 04/06/2007 |
| Expro International Group announces award of contracts totalling US$400 million across both its Global and Regional Businesses. The total of these awards has helped Expro achieve a record order book, which now stands at US$1.2 billion across the Group. Conversion of the backlog to revenue varies from contract to contract, with some phased out over three to five years improving the visibility of future revenue streams. |
| J. Ray McDermott Awarded Major Saudi Aramco Offshore Contract | 30/05/2007 |
| McDermott International, Inc. confirmed Tuesday that its subsidiary, J. Ray McDermott, S.A. ("J. Ray"), was awarded a four-year project by Saudi Aramco to engineer, procure, construct, install, hook-up and commission the Manifa Field Facilities in the Arabian Gulf. "It's a matter of great pride for us to be associated with this significant project," said Bob Deason, President and Chief Operating Officer of J. Ray. "Saudi Aramco is a long-term and valued customer. Our safe delivery of past structures won us recognition from them last year; and we expect to achieve high safety and quality performance on the Manifa project as well." |
| Qatar Petroleum Gets $2bn Tunisian Refinery Deal | 30/05/2007 |
| Tunisia's Energy Ministry granted state-owned Qatar Petroleum company a $2bn refinery deal, ministry and company officials have said. "We are happy to sign the agreement with Tunisia to construct a refinery whose capacity is about 150,000 barrels per day", HE Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, Qatar's Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry, said at the deal signing ceremony in Tunis. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Delayed Coker Contract for the New Aramco/Total Refinery | 24/05/2007 |
| Qatar Petroleum International, Occidental Midstream Projects Ltd. (a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum) and Panama Government sign Memorandum of Understanding to develop an oil refinery in the Republic of Panama with design capacity of 350,000 barrels of crude oil per day, to meet growing demand for fuel and oil derivatives for the local and neighboring markets. |
| MOU Signed for New Oil Refinery in Panama | 24/05/2007 |
| Qatar Petroleum International, Occidental Midstream Projects Ltd. (a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum) and Panama Government sign Memorandum of Understanding to develop an oil refinery in the Republic of Panama with design capacity of 350,000 barrels of crude oil per day, to meet growing demand for fuel and oil derivatives for the local and neighboring markets. |
| Jacobs Awarded Four-Year Contract Extension From Dow | 22/05/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group receive four-year contract extension from Dow Chemical of Canada Inc. to provide industrial maintenance services at Dow's petrochemical complex in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. The C$100 million (US $90.4 million), four-year contract scope includes maintenance services, sustaining capital support, turnarounds, and scaffold erection and dismantling. |
| Jacobs Awarded Suncor Energy Contract | 22/05/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group receive contract to provide front-end engineering design specifications for Stage 4 of Suncor's Firebag In-situ Oil Sands project, near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Firebag 4 (FB4) is expected to deliver 62.5 thousand barrels per calendar day of hot dry bitumen with the first steam in 2010. FB4 also is expected to generate 160 MW of cogeneration power. |
| Aker Kvaerner Awarded Well Service Contract with Talisman | 21/05/2007 |
| Talisman Energy Norge AS awards Aker Kvaerner service contract for provision of personnel and equipment for well intervention services on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, including the Gyda, Varg, Yme and Rev fields. The contract is for a firm period of two years, plus three times one year optional periods. |
| BP and Rio Tinto Plan Clean Coal Project | 21/05/2007 |
| BP and Rio Tinto today announced they are beginning feasibility studies and work on plans for the potential development of a A$2 billion (US$1.5 billion) coal-fired power generation project at Kwinana in Western Australia that would be fully integrated with carbon capture and storage to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases. This will be the first new project for Hydrogen Energy, the new company launched by BP and Rio Tinto last week, subject to regulatory approval. |
| Technip Awarded Flexible Pipe Contract in Norway | 21/05/2007 |
| Technip awarded engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by BP, worth approximately €90 million, for flexible pipes for Skarv FPSO located in Norwegian part of North Sea. This contract covers flexible risers, flexible jumpers and associated equipment. |
| AMEC Awarded Dam Safety Contract in Arizona | 21/05/2007 |
| AMEC awarded contract by the Flood Control District of Maricopa County to provide up to $500,000 in on-call dam-safety geotechnical services over the next two years. It is the fifth such on-call contract awarded to AMEC's Tempe office. The award is a key win for AMEC's dam, levee and flood control business practice. |
| Subsea 7 Awarded Contracts on Vega and Troll O2 Projects | 17/05/2007 |
| Subsea 7 Inc awarded two contracts by Norsk Hydro for work in the North Sea with a combined value in excess of US $340 million. The first is an Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Commissioning (EPIC) contract valued at US $280 million for work on the Vega and Vega South fields. The second is an EPIC contract worth approximately US $61 million for the Troll O2 field. |
| Jacobs Receives Fort Hills Oil Sands Bitumen Production Contract | 16/05/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receive contract from Fort Hills Energy L.P. to provide engineering design and procurement services for Utilities and Off-sites (U&O) component of bitumen production scope of the Fort Hills project. The mine is located in Alberta's Athabasca oil sands area, approximately 90 kilometers north of Fort McMurray, Canada. |
| Aker Kvaerner Wins Subsea Contract on Indian Continental Shelf | 16/05/2007 |
| Aker Kvaerner signed letter of intent with Aker Floating Production in January 2007 and has now signed final contract to deliver complete subsea production system to Reliance Industries in India. The value of Aker Kvaerner's contract is in excess of US$ 300 Million. |
| Hydro Steps Up Bauxite Exploration | 15/05/2007 |
| Hydro signs memorandum of understanding with Australian mining company United Minerals Corporation (UMC) to explore the possibility of bauxite mining and alumina refining in the Kimberly region in Western Australia. Final agreement would give Hydro a 75 percent holding in a potential bauxite and alumina project, in line with Hydro's strategy to grow in primary aluminium production and raise its equity coverage of the key raw material alumina. |
KBR Awarded Contracts by Shell Canada for Scotford
Upgrader Expansion | 15/05/2007 |
| KBR awarded contracts to provide field construction and module fabrication services by Shell Canada for the Scotford Upgrader Expansion east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. KBR's scope of work will include the fabrication of 160 modules and will peak at approximately 800 personnel performing field construction and module services work. The Scotford Upgrader Expansion project is part of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP) Expansion 1, which will add approximately 100,000 barrels per day of capacity to the AOSP bitumen mining and upgrading facilities. AOSP is a joint venture between Shell Canada, Chevron Canada Limited and Western Oil Sands L.P. |
| AMEC Wins Second Petrochina Dushanzi Contract | 15/05/2007 |
| AMEC appointed by Petrochina Dushanzi Petrochemical Company as Integrated Project Management Team (IPMT) contractor for management of safety, health and environmental and quality assurance and control on Dushanzi Refinery and Ethylene Technical Reformation project, western China. The multi-million dollar contract begins immediately and will run for two years. |
Advanced Power Raises €31.5m from 3i and Directors to Fund
Power Generation Projects | 15/05/2007 |
| 3i and Advanced Power announce that 3i, together with members of the board of Advanced Power, agreed to invest €31.5m in Advanced Power AG, a Swiss-based development business focused on developing conventional power generation stations across Europe and North America. Advanced Power has a pipeline of 10 developments at different stages, all expected to receive planning permission within the next 5 years, and the most advanced within 9 months. |
| Fluor Wins Contract for Acetyls Complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia | 15/05/2007 |
| Fluor Corporation to provide engineering, procurement, construction management and precommissioning services to Saudi International Petrochemical Co. Ltd. for an acetyls complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Fluor's Calgary office will provide project management, procurement and design of the vinyl acetate monomer and utilities plants; its Greenville, S.C., office will provide acetic acid plant design, and its New Delhi office will provide detailed engineering. |
| Babcock & Wilcox Awarded Power Plant Contract | 15/05/2007 |
| McDermott International, Inc. subsidiary, The Babcock & Wilcox Company ("B&W"), receives contract valued at more than $250 million from American Electric Power, for its Southwestern Electric Power Company ("SWEPCO") subsidiary, to design, supply and erect a 600-megawatt ("MW") net coal-fired boiler and environmental control equipment for Unit 1 at the John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant, a new baseload power plant in Hempstead County, Ark., about 15 miles northeast of Texarkana, Ark. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Circulating Fluidized-Bed Boiler Contract | 13/05/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's Finnish subsidiary Foster Wheeler Energia Oy, part of its Global Power Group, awarded contract by Kaukaan Voima Oy Helsinki, Finland for a 385 MWth circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) boiler island to be located in Lappeenranta in eastern Finland. The new biomass power plant will supply process steam and electricity to adjacent UPM-Kymmene Corporation's pulp and paper mill, as well as district heat and electricity to Lappeenrannan Energia. |
| Verkhnechonskneftegaz Prepares to Deliver Oil to VSTO Pipeline | 13/05/2007 |
| Verkhnechonskneftegaz, which is developing the Verkhnechonskoe oil and gas condensate field in Irkutsk Oblast, is planning to supply oil to the VSTO (Eastern Siberian - Pacific Ocean) pipeline on completion of the first stage of construction. The company states at the current rates of work, Verkhnechonskneftegaz plans to start supplying commercial quantities of oil to the VSTO pipeline in the second half of 2008. |
| Subsea 7 Contract Award on Peregrino Project | 13/05/2007 |
| Subsea 7 Inc awarded contract valued in excess of US $115 million by an affiliate of Norsk Hydro and Anadarko in connection with the development of the Peregrino concession, in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. The contract will involve the engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of six steel pipelines totalling approximately 30 km, as well as the installation of twelve flexible risers. The contract also involves the installation of four power cables totalling approximately 20 km, and the installation of two mid water arches to support the power cables. |
| Major Drilling Equipment Contract to Aker Kvaerner | 08/05/2007 |
| Aker Kvaerner awarded contract from Jurong Shipyard Pte. Ltd in Singapore for delivery of drilling system for ultra deepwater drilling semi-submersible unit.
Contract is undertaken by Aker Kvaerner subsidiary Aker Kvaerner MH in Kristiansand, Norway. Scope of work is to deliver a complete drilling package consisting of engineering, drilling equipment and subsea equipment. |
| B&W Awarded Contract to Supply and Construct Environmental Control Equipment | 08/05/2007 |
| McDermott International's subsidiary, The Babcock & Wilcox Company ("B&W"), receives contract for engineering, materials, construction, start-up and commissioning of environmental equipment at Allegheny Energy's Fort Martin Power Station near Maidsville, West Virginia. For its share of the plant's total $550 million project, B&W will perform work on Fort Martin's two 550-megawatt supercritical coal-fired boilers - Unit 1, started up in 1967, and Unit 2, originally supplied by B&W in 1968. B&W will supply wet flue-gas desulfurization ("WFGD") systems, commonly called scrubbers, for each unit including absorber areas and a common reagent preparation and dewatering system. |
| Shaw Awarded EPC Contract for New 600 MW Ultra-Supercritical Power Plant | 07/05/2007 |
| Shaw Group awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO), a unit of American Electric Power (AEP), to build a new 600 MW electric generating plant in Hempstead County, Arkansas. SWEPCO is seeking the necessary regulatory approvals to build the plant from various Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana authorities. |
| Shaw Signs Letters of Intent with Petrokemya | 07/05/2007 |
| Shaw Group's Shaw Stone & Webster business unit signs two letters of intent to provide proprietary furnace equipment and professional services to Arabian Petrochemical Company - Petrokemya, an affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), as part of the Olefins-1 Debottlenecking Project at an existing ethylene plant in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. |
| Aker Kvaerner Awarded Subsea Boosting Systems Contract | 07/05/2007 |
| Aker Kvaerner awarded contract to supply eight subsea boosting systems to Petrobras, Brazil's national oil company. Scope of work comprises eight subsea boosting systems, including power distribution, vertical connection modules, tools, accessories and spares. All systems will be deployed in the Jubarte Phase II field, as part of its artificial lift system. Work will be completed from Aker Kvaerner's subsea facility in Curitiba within 14 months. |
| Aker Kvaerner Awarded Contract for Statoil Gjøa Platform | 07/05/2007 |
| Aker Kvaerner awarded contract for delivery of mooring winches and fairleads for Statoil's Gjøa Semi. The work will be undertaken by Aker Kvaerner subsidiary, Aker Kvaerner Pusnes in Arendal. The contract involves supply of on-vessel mooring equipment for Statoils Gjøa Semi to be installed at the Gjøa field in the North Sea. |
| Aker Kvaerner Awarded Subsea Tie-in System in Brazil | 01/05/2007 |
| Subsea 7 awards Aker Kvaerner key tie-in system project in Brazil, to be deployed in ESS-164 / Camarupim Field, Espírito Santo basin, as part of Petrobras Plangas Program. Contract value approximately USD 4 million. Scope of work comprises one retrievable tee structure with one 12 inch vertical connection system, with tools and accessories. |
| Jacobs to Expand Polymer Plant for Borealis in Sweden | 01/05/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receives contract from Borealis to provide detailed engineering to expand polymer production facility in Stenungsund, Sweden. New facility is scheduled for startup in 2008. Jacobs is executing work from its office in Stenungsund with support from regional resources as needed. |
| New Subsea Development on Troll | 01/05/2007 |
| Hydro award FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS contract to supply subsea well template and well heads for new seafloor development on Troll field. The contract, awarded by Hydro on behalf of its partners in the Troll license, comprises five subsea trees, one six-slot manifold with protection structures and related control systems. The systems will be engineered and manufactured at FMC's facilities in Kongsberg, Norway, and Dunfermline, Scotland. |
| Shaw Awarded Construction Services Contract by Pioneer | 01/05/2007 |
| Shaw Constructors business unit awarded construction services contract by Pioneer Companies, Inc. to construct chlor-alkali unit as part of Pioneer's previously announced expansion of its chlor-alkali plant at St. Gabriel, Louisiana. Under the contract, Shaw will perform overall construction management and site construction work including, site preparation, architectural work, and installation of foundations, mechanical equipment, piping systems, electrical components and instrumentation. |
| Shaw to Provide Project Management Services for Gas Injection Facilities Project | 30/04/2007 |
| Shaw Group's Shaw Stone & Webster business unit selected by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) to provide project management services for its $1.6 billion Umm Shaif Gas Injection Facilities Project in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. The project is designed to enhance oil production from the Umm Shaif Field by an average of 50,000 barrels per day beginning in 2010. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Springerville Boiler Erection Contract | 30/04/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's subsidiary within its Global Power Group awarded contract for construction management services and reimbursable craft labour to erect 400 megawatt (MWe) pulverized-coal (PC) steam generator at Springerville Generating Station in Arizona by Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP). Foster Wheeler was previously awarded a contract in 2006 to supply the PC boiler to SRP for this project. |
| Technip Awarded Contract for Byaco Acetic Acid Plant in China | 26/04/2007 |
| Technip awarded engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contract by BP-YPC Acetyls Co. (Nanjing) Ltd. (BYACO), the 50/50 joint venture between BP and Sinopec/YPC, for an acetic acid* plant located in Nanjing, Jiangsu province (China). This plant will have a capacity of 500,000 tons per year of acetic acid and will be based on BP's world leading Cativa® technology. |
Wood Group Light Industrial Turbines Wins Gas Turbine
Maintenance Contracts | 25/04/2007 |
| Wood Group Light Industrial Turbines Ltd (WGLIT) awarded two long-term Siemens gas turbine maintenance contracts from Cefla s.c. in Italy. Under the first contract, awarded at the end of 2006, WGLIT will provide repair, maintenance and diagnostic support over a period of six years for a Siemens Tornado gas turbine, power turbine and controls package located within the Riwal ceramics factory near Maranello, Italy. |
| Shaw Ethylene Technology Selected for New Grassroots Plant | 25/04/2007 |
| Shaw Group's Shaw Stone & Webster business unit's technology selected for new grassroots ethylene plant by Liaoning Huajin Chemicals Corporation (LHC). Planned plant capacity is 450,000 metric tons of ethylene annually and will be constructed as part of major expansion to LHC's existing petrochemical facility in Panjin City, Liaoning Province, China. |
| Aker Kvaerner to Deliver Process Systems to MODEC | 20/04/2007 |
| Aker Kvaerner signs contract with MODEC International LLC for delivery of process modules for floating production facility (FPSO). Total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately USD 13 million. Scope to be performed by Aker Kvaerner Process Systems including engineering, procurement, construction, assembly, test and delivery of Aker Kvaerner's sulphate removal unit (SRU) and deaerator system. |
| Final Gjøa Platform Contract Ready | 20/04/2007 |
| Samsung Heavy Industries given assignment of building Gjøa platform hull. The final key platform supplier is now in place. The construction contract has a value of USD 150 million, or around NOK 900 million. Samsung has commenced mobilisation activities with a planned fabrication start in South Korea in February 2008. Up to 1,000 people will be working on the 14,000-tonne hull structure. |
| Statoil Award Contract to Leirvik MT | 20/04/2007 |
| As operator, Statoil award Leirvik Module Technology contract to deliver new accommodation modules for Troll A platform in the North Sea. The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract is worth about NOK 725 million. |
| Jacobs Receives Ciba Specialty Chemicals Contract | 19/04/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group's Singapore operation appointed by Ciba Specialty Chemicals Industries (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management services for Ciba's new antioxidant manufacturing facility on Singapore's Jurong Island. |
| Aker Kvaerner Secures Floater Installation Contract in North Sea | 18/04/2007 |
| Aker Kvaerner sign contract with Sevan Production Services for installation of "Sevan Hummingbird" Floating Production, Storage and Offloading unit (FPSO). The FPSO will be installed on the Chestnut field on the UK Continental Shelf, which is operated by Venture Production. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately NOK 145 million. |
| Aker Kvaerner/ERSAI Lands Kashagan Hook-up | 18/04/2007 |
| Unincorporated Aker Kvaerner/ERSAI consortium start early work activities for Agip KCO for hook-up and commissioning of first phase of Kashagan field development in Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea. These activities lasts for three months are and are worth up to USD 157 million. In addition, Agip KCO and the Aker Kvaerner/ERSAI consortium have signed a letter of intent for a potential contract for the hook-up work for the first phase of the Kashagan field development. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Gasification Complex Expansion Contract | 18/04/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's Milan-based subsidiary Foster Wheeler Italiana S.p.A., part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, award contract by ERG Raffinerie Mediterranee (ERGMED) for engineering, procurement assistance and construction management services for expansion of integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) complex at ERGMED's Priolo refinery in Sicily. |
| Statoil Extends Well Service Contract with Aker Kvaerner | 18/04/2007 |
| Statoil extends current well service contract the operator has with Aker Kvaerner for two additional years. The scope of work includes wireline and associated services at the Tampen and Halten/Nordland areas at the Norwegian continental shelf. The estimated contract value is NOK 400 million. The work will be undertaken by Aker Kvaerner Well Service located in Stavanger, Norway. |
| Statoil Investing Green Billions at Mongstad | 18/04/2007 |
| For the next three years, Statoil will invest NOK 1 billion in environmental technology at the Mongstad refinery north of Bergen. "This will make the entire refinery more robust," says Bjøhrn Kåre Viken, vice president for Statoil Mongstad. The investment forms part of the refinery's strategy to comply with more stringent emissions limits and requirements for better and more timely use of environmental facilities there. |
| Aker Kvaerner Selected for Purified Terephthalic Acid Project | 17/04/2007 |
| Aker Kvaerner selected for basic and detailed engineering design and for provision of offshore procurement services for PetroquímicaSuape's new Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) plant, to be built at the Port of Suape, Pernambuco, in North East Brazil. Aker Kvaerner signed an Early Works Contract with PetroquímicaSuape for development of Purchase Orders for long delivery equipment items and technical advisory services. |
| SNC Lavalin Awarded Contract by MATL | 17/04/2007 |
| SNC-Lavalin's Transmission and Distribution Division awarded CAN $6M contract by Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. (MATL) to design and construct an electrical substation near Lethbridge, Alberta. The substation is a critical part of MATL's plan for a 347 km long, 300 MW (230 kV) bi-directional transmission line to interconnect the power transmission grids of the province of Alberta and the state of Montana. The line will be the first cross-border merchant transmission line between Canada and the United States. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Doosan Heavy Industries Contract | 17/04/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's subsidiaries within its Global Power Group awarded contracts from Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. (Doosan) for design and supply of circulating fluidized-bed steam generator for the Glow CFB3 thermal power project in Thailand. Doosan awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Glow Energy PLC, the developer of the project. Commercial operation of the plant is scheduled for the end of 2009. |
| Foster Wheeler Wins Coker Heater Contract for New COPC Refinery | 17/04/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's subsidiary Foster Wheeler USA Corporation awarded contract by CNOOC Oil & Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. ("COPC") for thermal design, engineering, procurement, and material supply of two delayed coker heaters. The heaters will be installed in a new four-drum delayed coking unit, which will be part of anew COPC Huizhou refinery at Daya Bay, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. |
| Gazprom and Soteg Jointly Construct Combined-cycle Plant | 17/04/2007 |
| Gazprom Marketing & Trading Ltd. and Soteg SA sign Memorandum of Understanding to set up joint venture for construction of Combined-Cycle Plant (CCP) in Germany. Pursuant to the document, CCP with total capacity of 800 Mw (two turbines of 400 Mw) is planned to be constructed in the town of Eisenhuttenstadt. It is planned to commit EUR 400 mln. CCP will be commissioned in 2010. |
| Jacobs Receives Sulfur Recovery and Hydrotreater Projects | 16/04/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receives two major engineering, procurement, and fabrication packages from BP Products North America Inc. for its planned $3 billion Canadian Heavy Crude Refinery Upgrade program in Whiting, Ind., USA. The scope of work for one package includes licensing, design, and fabrication of Sulfur Recovery Facilities. |
| Shaw Awarded EPC Contract for New 585 MW Power Plant | 16/04/2007 |
| Shaw Group awarded engineering, procurement and construction contract by Dominion for new 585 MW electricity generating plant in southwest Virginia. The new plant will incorporate clean coal technologies and two circulating fluidized bed boilers supplying steam to a single steam turbine generator. |
| Shaw to Provide Maintenance and Modifications Services for Exelon's Fleet of 17 Nuclear Power Plants | 16/04/2007 |
| Shaw Stone & Webster business unit awarded maintenance and modifications services contracts to provide management and craft labour services for Exelon Generation Company, LLC's fleet of nuclear stations located in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Illinois. Exelon Generation is a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation. The maintenance and modification services to be provided through 2011 may also include pipe fabrication, and construction services as may be requested by Exelon. |
| Shaw Selected as EPC Contractor for Solid Fuel Re-Power Project | 05/04/2007 |
| The Shaw Group selected as engineering, procurement and construction services contractor by Entergy Louisiana, LLC, a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation, for its project to re-power the existing Unit 3 at Entergy's Little Gypsy station located near New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| CB&I Awarded Three New Contracts Worth Around US$130m | 05/04/2007 |
| CB&I awarded three new contracts that will add approximately US$130 million to the company's backlog. Each contract was booked during the first quarter of 2007. Contracts awarded by Frontier El Dorado Refining Company, Suncor Energy Services and the Middle East Petrochemical Storage Project. |
| Acergy Awarded Petrobras Pipeline Contract | 03/04/2007 |
| Acergy S.A. awarded contract from Petrobras to install Mexilhão gas export trunkline in Brazil. The contract, valued at approximately $400 million is for the installation of 120 kilometres of 34 inch diameter pipeline from an offshore fixed platform in the Mexilhão field to shore at Caraguatatuba, south of Rio de Janeiro. |
| Joint Venture Contracts Announced by ExxonMobil | 02/04/2007 |
| Sinopec, Fujian Province, ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco(1) hold inauguration ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to mark the formal government approval of Joint Venture Contracts and granting of business licenses for their two joint ventures in Fujian Province - Fujian Refining & Petrochemical Company Limited and Sinopec SenMei (Fujian) Petroleum Company Limited. |
| Mott MacDonald Appointed on Major Petroleum Hub Project | 29/03/2007 |
| Mott MacDonald appointed by Asia Petroleum Hub Sdn. Bhd. (APH), to provide engineering designs and procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for a £220 million petroleum terminal to be built on a man-made island in Mukim Serkat Daerah Pontian, near the port of Tanjung Pelepas, Johor, Malaysia. |
| Acergy Awarded Development project with A/S Norske Shell | 29/03/2007 |
| Acergy awarded contract by A/S Norske Shell for installation work on the Shell Draugen D3-E3 development project. The contract, valued at NOK 171 million ($28 million), is for the installation of flexible pipe and umbilical, together with well control umbilicals and various other structures. The work will be carried out on the Garn West and Rogn South fields in the Draugen area in water depths of approximately 300 metres. In addition, Acergy will undertake all tie-in and testing work to hook up the new subsea wells. |
| Technip Awarded Contract for URSA and Princess Fields | 29/03/2007 |
| Technip awarded contract by Shell for installation of water injection flowlines(1) and the risers(2) for development of the Ursa and Princess fields. These fields are located in the Gulf of Mexico, about 140 miles southeast of New Orleans (Louisiana). |
| Jacobs Receives Contract for Refinery Revamp in Bavaria | 28/03/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group awarded contract by Bayernoil to provide basic and detailed engineering, procurement, and construction management services at the Vohburg refinery in Bavaria, Southern Germany. Although the contract value was not disclosed, officials noted that the total investment cost is approximately $60 million. |
| Shaw Awarded EPC Contract for Air Emissions Control Systems | 27/03/2007 |
| The Shaw Group Inc. awarded engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by PSEG Fossil LLC, a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., to install mercury control and flue gas desulphurization (FGD) systems for Units 1 and 2 at PSEG's Mercer Generating Station near Trenton, New Jersey. Mercer Station's new emissions controls are expected to reduce mercury emissions by 90 percent and sulfur dioxide emissions by 94 percent. |
| BP Solar Expand Cell Manufacturing Capacity in Spain | 27/03/2007 |
| BP Solar begins constructing mega cell plant at its European headquarters in Tres Cantos, Madrid. For phase 1 of the Madrid expansion, BP Solar is aiming to expand its annual cell capacity from 55 MW to around 300 MW. This follows the announcement on 21st March of the construction of a similar facility in Bangalore, India. |
| BP and Tata to Create Solar Mega Plant in Bangalore | 26/03/2007 |
| At the inauguration of a new 36MW solar photovoltaic (PV) production line, the board of Tata BP Solar confirmed that this represents another step towards realizing the designed potential of the 300MW plant. The new production line has seen Tatt BP Solar more than double its cell manufacturing capacity to reach some 50MW per annum. The next phase of the expansion will see an additional 128MW of cell manufacturing capacity added during 2007-8. |
| Jacobs Receives EPS Contract from BP | 26/03/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. to provide the 2007 front end engineering and early stage procurement services for BP's San Juan Basin project. BP seeks to increase its share of ultimate recovery of coalbed methane natural gas from the San Juan Basin of southwestern Colorado by an estimated 1.9 trillion cubic feet. |
| Statoil Sign Frame Agreement with Siemens AS | 22/03/2007 |
| Statoil signs frame agreement with Siemens AS worth NOK 747 million including options. The group-wide five-year contract covers maintenance, service and minor modifications on systems and equipment supplied by Siemens, with options for two two-year extensions. |
| Shaw Awarded Refinery Expansion Contract | 19/03/2007 |
| The Shaw Group Inc.'s Shaw Stone & Webster business unit awarded engineering and procurement contract by Marathon Petroleum Company LLC, a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation, for a 70,000 barrels per day (bpd) heavy gas oil hydrocracker unit and 47,000 bpd kerosene hydrotreater unit. The contract award is part of the Garyville Major Expansion (GME) Project at Marathon's Garyville, La. refinery. |
| Delayed Coker Award for Foster Wheeler | 15/03/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler USA Corporation awarded contract by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) to provide license and basic engineering package for new delayed coker. The 3.7 million tonnes per annum delayed coker, which will be based on Foster Wheeler's Selective Yield Delayed Coking (SYDEC(SM)) process, forms part of IOCL's residue upgrading project at its Gujarat refinery in India. |
| Wood Group Power Solutions Wins Power Plant Contract | 14/03/2007 |
| Wood Group Power Solutions, Inc. awarded turnkey contract from UniSource Energy Development Company (UED) to engineer, construct and commission the 90MW Black Mountain Generating Station located near Kingman, Arizona, USA. WGPS will provide engineering, design, procurement, installation, start-up and commissioning services for the entire power plant, involving the relocation of two new General Electric LM6000PC gas turbine generator packages. |
| Shaw Awarded Construction Services Contract for Huntsman's New Maleic Anhydride Plant | 13/03/2007 |
| The Shaw Group's Shaw Constructors, Inc. business unit awarded construction management and services contract by Huntsman Corporation to construct new 100 million pound/year maleic anhydride plant at Geismar, Louisiana. Shaw's services include overall construction management, site work preparation, structural steel supply and erection, and the installation of mechanical equipment, piping systems, electrical components and instrumentation. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded CFB Steam Generators Contract | 13/03/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's subsidiary within its Global Power Group awarded contract from Hanwha International Corporation for design and supply of three circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generators for chemical facility located in Yeosu area of Southern Korea. Hanwha International Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hanwha Chemical Corporation, which is a petrochemical manufacturer and supplier in Asia. |
| Fluor Awarded Marathon Oil Refinery Expansion Project | 13/03/2007 |
| Fluor Corporation to provide project management, engineering and procurement services for Marathon Oil Corporation's projected $3.2-billion project that will expand the crude oil refining capacity of the company's Garyville, La., refinery by 180,000 barrels per day. |
| Aker Kvaerner Wins Polypropylene Project in China | 12/03/2007 |
| Aker Kvaerner awarded contract with China Petroleum Material & Equipment (Group) Corporation (a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation) for basic engineering design and supply of certain equipment for new Polypropylene plant at the PetroChina GuangXi Petrochemical Company complex in GuangXi Province, People's Republic of China. Aker Kvaerner is providing the basic engineering design, together with certain offshore equipment, from its offices in the Netherlands. |
| ExxonMobil Plans More Than 20 Project Start-ups Through 2009 | 12/03/2007 |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson told analysts March 7 at the New York Stock Exchange that the company expects to start up more than 20 new global projects in the next three years that, at peak, are expected to add 1 million oil equivalent barrels per day to ExxonMobil's base volumes. The project inventory at year-end 2006 is expected to develop 24 billion oil-equivalent barrels net to ExxonMobil. |
| Jacobs Receives Nexen Maintenance Contract | 09/03/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receives three-year contract to provide full-service maintenance services for Nexen's Fort McMurray oil sands operations in Canada.
Jacobs will provide diversified maintenance services including craft and supervision planning, scheduling assistance during commissioning and start-up, and ongoing industrial maintenance once the plant is operational. |
Jacobs Receives Contract for Ethyleneamines Facility in
Saudi Arabia | 09/03/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receives contract from Arabian Amines Corporation (a joint venture between Huntsman MA Services Corporation and Zamil Group Holding Company) to provide completion of front-end engineering and design and project management contractor services for a world-scale, $150 million ethyleneamines facility at Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia. |
| Westinghouse and Shaw Group Sign Framework Agreement | 09/03/2007 |
| Westinghouse Electric Company and its consortium partner, The Shaw Group, Inc., successfully negotiated framework agreement on February 28, 2007 with China's State Nuclear Power Technology Company (SNPTC) to provide four AP1000 nuclear power plants in China. Framework agreement confirms basic requirements and obligations of all parties involved and includes significant funding for long lead materials and early engineering. |
| Fluor Awarded Contract for Copper-Gold Concentrator | 07/03/2007 |
| Fluor Corporation will provide project management, engineering and procurement services for US$598-million (A$775 million) copper-gold project for Oxiana Limited in South Australia. During the expansion, Fluor's construction management organization will require an average of 400 workers with up to 1,000 workers at peak periods. Project work will be executed out of Fluor's offices in Perth and Adelaide. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract by CEPSA for New Refinery Units | 07/03/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's Spanish subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Iberia, S.A.U., awarded contract by Compania Espanola de Petroleos, S.A. (CEPSA), one of the main Spanish refining companies, for the detailed engineering of new crude, vacuum and gas recovery units at La Rabida Refinery in Huelva, Spain. |
| Foster Wheeler Receives Full Release on Longview Power Project | 07/03/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd. subsidiary receives full release to proceed on its contract from Longview Power, LLC ("Longview") for design and supply of supercritical once-through pulverized-coal (PC) steam generator for Longview's coal-fired generating facility located in Monongalia County, West Virginia. |
| Technip Awarded New Flexible Pipe Contract in Brazil | 07/03/2007 |
| Technip awarded contract worth approximately $150 million by Petrobras for development of Roncador field, located off the Brazilian coast. The Roncador P-54 project consists of eleven production and six water injection subsea wells, located at water depths down to 1,740 meters and connected in direct tie-back to the P-54 FPSO anchored at a water depth of 1,400 meters. |
| Foster Wheeler Wins Contract at Bangchak Refinery in Thailand | 01/03/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Energy Limited awarded engineering and materials supply contract for Terrace-Wall(TM) reformer and three fired heaters by CTCI Corporation. CTCI is the engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) prime contractor for the Bangchak Petroleum Public Co. Ltd.'s Product Quality Improvement project at its refinery in Thailand. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Front-End Design Contract in Nigeria | 01/03/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's UK and Nigerian subsidiaries, Foster Wheeler Energy Limited and Foster Wheeler (Nigeria) Limited, in joint venture with Chiyoda Corporation, awarded a contract by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) for the Project Specification, or front-end engineering design, for the SevenPlus project. |
| LNG Terminal Extension Contract for Jacobs | 01/03/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receives contract to provide conceptual engineering studies and owner engineering support for an extension of Gaz de France's (GDF's) liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal in France. |
| Technip Awarded Shenzi Field Contract | 01/03/2007 |
| Technip awarded contract by BHP Billiton for flowlines(1), risers(2) and subsea structures installation for development of Shenzi field. This field is located in the Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico in 4,300 feet of water depths. The Shenzi development requires delivery of a subsea system in water depths where Technip has extensive experience. Pipeline end terminations (PLET) design is currently underway at Technip's operations and engineering centre in Houston (Texas). |
| Chinese Joint Venture Projects Signed | 28/02/2007 |
| Sinopec, Fujian Province, ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco* sign contract for Fujian Refining and Ethylene Joint Venture Project. At the same time, Sinopec, ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco have signed the contract for the Fujian Fuels Marketing Joint Venture Project. The signing of the two joint venture contracts marks significant milestones in the development of China's first fully integrated Sino-foreign projects that involve refining, petrochemicals and fuels and chemicals marketing. |
| J. Ray McDermott Awarded North Belut Contract | 22/02/2007 |
| McDermott International, Inc. ("McDermott") announced today that a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott, S.A. ("J. Ray") was awarded a $125 million contract during the fourth quarter of 2006 for the fabrication, offshore hook-up and commissioning of the North Belut Central Processing Platform ("CPP") topsides and a connecting bridge from the CPP to the Wellhead Platform. |
| Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil to Launch Barzan Gas Project | 22/02/2007 |
| Qatar Petroleum and Exxon Mobil Corporation announced that Qatar Petroleum has offered participation in the Barzan gas project and rights for participation in all future phases of the project to ExxonMobil Middle East Marketing Ltd. (ExxonMobil). In parallel with these discussions, the two entities have collectively decided not to progress the Gas to Liquids (GTL) project and instead to pursue the development of the Barzan Project in the North Field. |
| Jacobs Receives Contract For New CCGT Power Plant | 22/02/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receives contract from POWEO Production to provide owner engineer support for a new power plant at Pont-sur-Sambre (59), France. This facility will be the first production unit operated by POWEO Group; it has been an electricity trader on the French energy market for almost 4 years. |
| Jacobs Receives Contract From Indian Oil Corporation | 22/02/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. subsidiary company receives contract from Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) to provide project management consultancy services for a 400,000 tons per year Motor Spirit Quality (MSQ) project at its Panipat Refinery in the state of Haryana, India. |
| AMEC Wins Design Contract on Coal-To-Chemicals Development | 22/02/2007 |
| AMEC appointed by Shenhua Ningxia Coal Group (SNCG) to carry out initial engineering design for offsite and utility facilities on US$1.5 billion coal-to-chemical production complex in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in north west China. Working from the company's Shanghai offices, AMEC's engineers will provide the basic engineering and design needed to define and integrate all the common, site-wide systems required to service the six individual process units within the facility. |
| Chevron Awarded FERC Approval for Casotte Landing Project | 21/02/2007 |
| Chevron Corporation receives approval from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to build the proposed Casotte Landing regasification facility in Jackson County, Miss., adjacent to the Chevron Pascagoula Refinery. Proposed Casotte Landing project would process liquefied natural gas for distribution to industrial, commercial and residential customers in Mississippi, Florida and the Northeast. |
| Wood Group Gas Turbine Services Wins Power Plant Contracts | 21/02/2007 |
| Subsidiaries of international energy services company John Wood Group PLC's Gas Turbine Services Division ("Wood Group", "WG GTS") awarded three turnkey contracts, valued at approximately $195 million, by American Electric Power to construct and commission three peaking power plant facilities during 2007. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded FEED/PMC Contract for New Petrochemicals Complex in Saudi Arabia | 15/02/2007 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Energy Limited, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, awarded front-end engineering design (FEED) and project management consultancy (PMC) services contract by Osos Petrochemicals Company (which company is in formation) for a planned new petrochemicals complex to produce polybutylene terephthalate at Yanbu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
| Wood Group Awarded Contract in Indonesia by Star Energy | 15/02/2007 |
| PT Wood Group Indonesia, part of John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group"), awarded three year contract by Star Energy to provide maintenance management system and technical services for the Kakap field. Wood Group will be responsible for setting up an integrated maintenance management system for the 4 Platform complex located in the Natuna Sea and will be directly responsible for maintaining selected field equipment. |
| Technip Awarded Contract by Silici de Provence | 15/02/2007 |
| Technip awarded contract by Silicium de Provence (Silpro) for the preliminary studies pertaining to a polycrystalline silicon production plant dedicated to photovoltaic applications. The plant will be located in Saint-Auban in southeastern France and will have an initial production capacity of 2,500 tons per year of ultra pure silicon for use in the fabrication of solar panels. |
| Jacobs Receives Contract for Advanced Manufacturing Project | 15/02/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receives contract from Teijin Twaron B.V. (TT) to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management services as part of the "NIKKO Project" being implemented at TT's existing site in Emmen, The Netherlands. Jacobs will execute the work from its office in Leiden, The Netherlands. |
| Technip Awarded Contract for the Arthit Field Development | 15/02/2007 |
| Technip awarded contract by exploration and production subsidiary of national petroleum company of Thailand, PTT (Petroleum Authority of Thailand), for basic and detailed engineering of four generic wellhead platforms with associated subsea pipelines and tie-ins. |
| Statoil Awarded Gjøa Platform Quarters Job | 13/02/2007 |
| A contract worth some NOK 450 million to build living quarters for Gjøa platform in the North Sea awarded by operator Statoil to Leirvik Module Technology AS. Covering a unit complete with helideck and lifeboat station, this engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) job will be executed at Stord south of Bergen. |
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