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International Projects Archive: April to May 2005 |
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| Wood Group Wins Global Frame Agreement | 03/04/2005 |
Wood Group Production Technology receives multiple contracts totalling nearly $20 million. A three-year global frame agreement with Shell International Exploration and Production B.V. (SIEP) will provide permanent downhole sensors to Shell operating units.  |
| Jacobs Awarded Agrium Contract | 06/04/2005 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group subsidiary receives contract from Agrium Inc. to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management services for Agrium's Easy, Efficient, Environmentally Smart Nitrogen (ESN(R)) project. |
| Fluor to Complete New Mexico Power Plant | 06/04/2005 |
| Fluor to complete Luna Energy Facility located near Deming, New Mexico. Tucson Electric Power Company, Phelps Dodge Energy Services, LLC, and a development subsidiary of PNM Resources choose Fluor to finish work at the 570-megawatt, combined cycle power plant, which was 50 percent complete when construction was stopped by original owner in 2002. |
| AMEC-Black & McDonald JV Signs Contract with EPCOR | 08/04/2005 |
| AMEC and its joint venture partner, Black & McDonald, win Cdn $11 million contract with EPCOR for design, supply and installation of electrical collection, transmission system, switching and control equipment for Kingsbridge Wind Power Project. |
| KBR Awarded Contract for Agbami Project off Nigeria | 08/04/2005 |
| KBR awarded contract by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Company, Ltd. (DSME) to provide engineering design and procurement services for topsides for ChevronTexaco's Agbami floating production, storage and offloading vessel. |
| ExxonMobil in Final Negotiations for Upper Zakum Oilfield | 11/04/2005 |
| Exxon Mobil confirm that it has been chosen by the Abu Dhabi Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) for final negotiations regarding participation in the Upper Zakum offshore oilfield said to be based on submission of the best technical offer |
| Foster Wheeler/Huanqiu JV Awarded Coal-to-Liquids Study | 11/04/2005 |
| Foster Wheeler Energy Limited, in joint venture with China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corp., awarded feasibility study Stage I contract by Sasol Synfuels International (Proprietary) Limited (Sasol) and its Chinese partners, China Shenhua Coal Liquefaction Corporation Ltd. and Ningxia Luneng Energy and High Chemistry Investment Group Co., Ltd. |
| CB&I Wins Turnkey Contract for LNG Storage Terminal | 12/04/2005 |
| CB&I awarded lump-sum turnkey contract design and construction of storage tanks at a new LNG import terminal in Fujian Province, Peoples Republic of China. Work scope includes turnkey engineering, procurement and construction of two full containment LNG storage tanks, including deep foundations, tank topsides, and electrical, instrumentation, equipment and piping to grade. |
| Hydro Planning Windpower Project in Sokndal | 13/04/2005 |
| Hydro inform Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) that the company has started planning a possible wind farm with more than 50 wind turbines at Tellenes in the Norwegian county of Sør Rogaland. Project comprises five possible wind power sites surrounding the mining area operated by Titania AS. Majority of project lies in Sokndal municipality, and the rest in Lund. |
| Smedvig Secures Modification Contract on Statfjord Field | 13/04/2005 |
| Smedvig Engineering awarded letter of intent by Statoil for modification of drilling facilities on Statfjord B and C. Contract is part of Statoil's late life development project of the Statfjord field with a duration of approximately three and a half years. |
| Aker Kvaerner Awarded Third Expansion Project with Teijin Twaron | 13/04/2005 |
| Teijin Twaron select Aker Kvaerner to provide engineering and construction management services for the Niji expansion project. Engineering work has already commenced at the AK Process office in Zoetermeer and construction began at the Emmen facility following sanction of the project by Teijin Group. |
| Aker Kvaerner Contract for Completion of Snøhvit LNG Project | 14/04/2005 |
| Statoil and Aker Stord sign LOI for increased work scope including completion of process barge for Snøhvit project. Extra work to be carried out by an organisation managed by Aker Stord, Aker Kvaerner Elektro for electrical/instrumentation work and external partner Kaefer IKM for scaffolding, insulation, and surface treatment. |
| Rig Project for Smedvig and Eastern Drilling | 15/04/2005 |
| Smedvig enters into agreements with Eastern Drilling ASA to participate with 10 percent ownership share in company as well as construction supervision, marketing and operations management of new 6th generation semi-submersible drilling unit. The semi-submersible drilling rig will be constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. |
| Technip Win Contract for New Steamcracker in Qatar | 19/04/2005 |
| Technip signs Letter of Intent with Qatar Petroleum, ChevronPhillips Chemical Company, Qatar Petrochemical and Total Petrochemicals to execute an EPC contract worth above US$800 million for an ethylene cracker at Ras Laffan in Qatar. |
| Mustang Selected by Petrobras for Inspection Services on P-52s | 19/04/2005 |
| Mustang Engineering, a subsidiary of international energy services company John Wood Group PLC, has been named by Petrobras America to provide inspection and expediting services for U.S.-fabricated equipment designated for use on Petrobras P-52 semi-submersible floating production units. |
| Subsea Contract to Aker Kvaerner | 19/04/2005 |
| Aker Kvaerner's subsea company, Kvaerner Oilfield Products, receives letter of intent with a value of approximately NOK 500 million from a client to supply subsea equipment for a project. |
| Aker Kvaerner Wins Engineering Contract from DSM | 20/04/2005 |
| DSM Engineering Plastics BV of the Netherlands award contract to Aker Kvaerner for first phase of engineering for expansion of its DAB (diaminobutane) production facility in Geleen, Netherlands. Contract to be executed by AK Engineering Services' office in Maastricht. |
| ICA Fluor Signs Contract to Build Modular Cryogenic Plant | 21/04/2005 |
| ICA Fluor, the industrial engineering and construction company, jointly owned by Fluor Corporation and Empresas ICA Sociedad Controladora, signs contract for the engineering, procurement, construction and start-up support services for modular cryogenic plant for Pemex Gas y Petroquí Básica. |
| FEED Contracts Awarded for Angola LNG Plant | 22/04/2005 |
| Participants in the Angola liquefied natural gas project have awarded front-end engineering design contracts for a five million-tonne-per-year onshore LNG plant to be located near Soyo in northern Angola. |
| JV Team of KBR, JGC and Technip Awarded FEED Contract | 25/04/2005 |
| JV team of KBR, JGC Corporation of Japan and Technip awarded FEED contract for Angola LNG Project, to be constructed near Soyo in Northern Angola. Project will encompass offshore and onshore operations to monetize significant gas resources from fields located offshore Angola. |
| Petrofac Secures Kuwait Oil Company Facilities Upgrade Contract | 27/04/2005 |
| Petrofac secures facilities upgrade contract with Kuwait Oil Company aimed at upgrading performance of facilities and increasing the company's oil production.
Two-year contract to be executed through Petrofac's Engineering & Construction Division from its base in Sharjah and project office in Kuwait. |
| Stolt Offshore Awarded Hydro Export Pipeline Contract | 29/04/2005 |
| Stolt Offshore awarded contract by Hydro Oil and Energy for export pipeline from Njord FPU to Asgard transportation pipeline. Contract is for installation of 40 kilometers of twelve inch diameter pipe together with design, fabrication and installation of associated structures, trenching, rock dumping and tie-in of the pipeline. |
| Technip Awarded Gulf LNG Energy FEED Contract | 29/04/2005 |
| Technip awarded design-phase contract for new LNG import terminal by Gulf LNG Energy LLC. The contract covers the front end engineering (FEED) of the terminal planned to be located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA. |
| Aker Kvaerner Wins Anadarko and Dominion Subsea Contract | 03/05/2005 |
| Anadarko Petroleum and Dominion Oil and Gas award Aker Kvaerner subsea umbilical and production control contract for their Independence Development. Umbilical system to be manufactured and delivered out of KOP's umbilical plant in Mobile, Alabama. |
| Fluor to Provide Project Services for Shell Nederland Chemie BV | 03/05/2005 |
| Fluor awarded contract from Shell Nederland Chemie BV (SNC) to provide engineering and project management services at two chemical plants in Pernis and Moerdijk, the Netherlands. Fluor to manage and execute the work from its local office in Bergen op Zoom and have small site teams located on both sites. |
| Jacobs Extends Partnership Agreement with Borealis to Finland | 05/05/2005 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group subsidiary receives contract amendment from Borealis to extend their engineering partnership to include projects at Borealis Finland in Porvoo. Under the partnership expansion, Jacobs is providing consulting, engineering, procurement, and construction services at Borealis Finland. |
| Technip Awarded FPSO Contract for Deepwater AKPO Field | 09/05/2005 |
| Technip as leader, in consortium with Hyundai Heavy Industries, awarded lump sum turnkey contract by Total Upstream Nigeria Limited for the FPSO of the Akpo field development, offshore Nigeria. Technip's engineering centre in Paris will take charge of the overall project management and engineering phase. |
| Halliburton Receives Japan Vietnam Petroleum Contract | 13/05/2005 |
| Halliburton's Energy Services awarded contract to provide EZ-Gauge technology on projects in Vietnam for Japan Vietnam Petroleum Company Limited (JVPC), a JV company of Nippon Oil Exploration Limited (a subsidiary of Nippon Oil Group), ConocoPhillips, and PetroVietnam Exploration and Production Company (a subsidiary of PetroVietnam). |
| CB&I Awarded Lump-sum Turnkey EPC Contracts by U.S. Refiner | 13/05/2005 |
| CB&I awarded lump-sum turnkey EPC contracts by major U.S. refiner to engineer and construct hydrotreating and sulfur removal and recovery facilities at one of its refineries and a gasoline desulfurization unit at a second refinery. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract for Escravos Gas Project | 16/05/2005 |
| Foster Wheeler USA Corporation (FWUSA) awarded engineering services contract by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) to perform design verification activities for the Escravos Gas Project Phase 3A (EGP-3A) Onshore project. FWUSA will execute this work from its Houston office. |
| PetroChina and Shell Proceed with Changbei Project | 17/05/2005 |
| PetroChina and Shell China jointly proceeding with development of Changbei natural gas field in Shaanxi Province. Shell, operator of the project under a Production Sharing Contract with PetroChina, today signed drilling contracts and LOIs for the award of EPC contracts for the field development. |
| Jacobs Awarded Air Liquide Contract at Shell's Pernis Refinery | 18/05/2005 |
| Jacobs receives contract from Air Liquide to provide engineering, procurement, construction management, and commissioning services for a cogeneration facility Air Liquide is developing for Shell Nederland Raffinaderij B.V. at Shell's facility in Pernis, the Netherlands. |
| Technip Awarded SABIC Contract for Petrochemical Plant | 18/05/2005 |
| Technip signs LOI - effective 11 May 2005 - with Saudi Basic Industries Corporation for construction of large-scale ethylene and propylene production plant in Saudi Arabia. Contract will be executed by Technip's engineering centre in Rome. |
| Smedvig To Build New Semi-tender with Keppel FELS | 19/05/2005 |
| Smedvig enters into agreement with Keppel FELS in Singapore for the purpose of building new semi-submersible self-erecting tender rig (semi-tender). Agreement with Keppel FELS is based on principle that Keppel shall build and own the semi-submersible hull, and Smedvig shall own the derrick equipment set. |
| AMEC Awarded De Beers EPCm Contract for Snap Lake | 19/05/2005 |
| AMEC awarded Cdn $38M contract to provide detailed engineering, procurement and construction management services for Snap Lake, De Beers' first diamond mine in Canada. Preliminary site development began in 2004 and was followed with board approval on May 10 for full funding of construction. |
| Wood Group Awarded Contract by Interstate Power and Light | 20/05/2005 |
| Wood Group Integrated Plant Solutions, Inc. awarded long-term gas turbine maintenance contract for 565MW facility owned and operated by Interstate Power and Light Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation. |
| Aker Kvaerner Wins Risk Assessment Contract From SABIC | 20/05/2005 |
| SABIC Europe BV select Aker Kvaerner to provide support services for implementation of European directive for explosion prevention and protection 1999/92/EC (ATEX 137) at its Chemelot facility in the Netherlands. Work will be carried out by the specialist EHS & Risk Consultancy unit of AK Engineering Services business in Maastricht, the Netherlands. |
| ScottishPower's PPM Energy Acquire And Build Shiloh Wind Project | 23/05/2005 |
| ScottishPower's competitive US energy subsidiary, PPM Energy, is to acquire and build the 150 MW Shiloh wind project in northern California. The fully permitted Shiloh project in Solano County, California, was acquired from enXco, an affiliate of EDF Energies Nouvelles of France. |
| Jacobs Receives Los Alamos Laboratory Contract Extension | 24/05/2005 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a one-year contract extension from the University of California to continue providing architect-engineering (A-E) services to the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). |
| Jacobs Win Contract for the Brightwater Conveyance Project | 24/05/2005 |
| Jacobs Engineering subsidiary receives contract from King County, Washington, to provide construction management services for Brightwater Conveyance Project. Project involves the conveyance system to a marine outfall for a 36 million gallon per day wastewater treatment plant. |
| Aker Kvaerner Awarded Platform Contract by Larsen & Toubro | 25/05/2005 |
| Larsen & Toubro award Aker Kvaerner's engineering office in Mumbai contract for modification of 59 offshore platforms under the Pipeline Replacement Project at Bombay High offshore field. Formation of project taskforce in progress and expected to increase workforce by an additional 50 personnel in the coming weeks. |
| Technip|JGC|Tecnicas Reunidas Consortium Awarded Contract | 25/05/2005 |
| Technip, leader in consortium with JGC and Tecnicas Reunidas, awarded by Vietnam Oil & Gas Corporation (Petrovietnam) lump sum turnkey contract for Vietnam's first crude oil refinery to be located in Dung Quat, south of Da Nang in central Vietnam. Technip's engineering centres in Paris and Kuala Lumpur will carry out the EPC contract. |
| Weir Techna Awarded Desalination Plant Contract in Yemen | 26/05/2005 |
| Weir Techna, represented by Weir Entropie and Weir Techna Middle East, selected by Public Electricity Corporation (PEC), the state owned Power utility company of Yemen, for the turnkey supply of three desalination units. |
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