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International Projects Archive: June to August 2005 |
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| Shaw's Stone and Webster Awarded EPC Contract by Duke Power | 01/06/2005 |
Shaw Group's Stone and Webster unit, along with consortium partner, ALSTOM Environmental Control Systems, awarded EPC contract by Duke Power, a unit of Duke Energy, to retrofit coal-fired generating units at Duke's Belews Creek power plant in Stokes County, North Carolina, U.S.  |
| Technip-JP Kenny JV selected for Greater Gorgon Project | 03/06/2005 |
| Technip and J P Kenny's Australian entities, Technip Oceania Pty Ltd and J P Kenny Pty Ltd (Perth), in a 50/50 joint venture, selected as FEED and EPCM contractor with respect to upstream facilities for the Greater Gorgon development. All work will be conducted from dedicated JV project offices located in Perth, Australia. |
| Wood Group Power Awarded Second Contract in Colombia | 03/06/2005 |
| Wood Group Power Solutions, Inc., part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of John Wood Group PLC, win multi-million dollar turnkey contract to expand power plant operated by Drummond Ltd at the Pribbenow Coal Mine in northern Colombia. |
| BWXT Receives Contract Extensions at Pantex, Y-12 | 08/06/2005 |
| McDermott International subsidiary, BWX Technologies, Inc. receives extension notification by Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration in the U.S. that BWXT's contracts at Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas and Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tenn. will both be extended to 2010. |
| Aker Kvaerner Awarded Contract for Bamboo Cooking Plant | 08/06/2005 |
| Aker Kvaerner secures order for delivery of the world's largest bamboo cooking plant, to be constructed in the People's Republic of China. Kvaerner Pulping AB will provide engineering, procurement and supervision services on the contract. |
| Mott MacDonald Advises on Fujairah Water PPP | 13/06/2005 |
| Mubadala Development Company in Abu Dhabi acquires 30 per cent equity in Tanqia FZC. Tanqia granted exclusive 33-year concession by the Government of Fujairah to design, build, finance, own, operate, and expand a Wastewater Treatment System for the City of Fujairah, Qidfa and Mirbah. |
| Shaw Joins Westinghouse and Mitsubishi 'AP1000 Consortium' | 20/06/2005 |
| Shaw Group's Stone & Webster unit joins Westinghouse Electric Company and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 'AP1000 Consortium'. The AP1000 Consortium is currently proposing to provide the 'Nuclear Island', including the AP1000 reactor and technology transfer, for four nuclear generating units in China. |
| JV Sign MOU to Develop Bass Strait Kipper Gas Field | 21/06/2005 |
| Esso Australia Pty Ltd, an Exxon Mobil subsidiary, announces that Kipper project participants (Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd, BHP Billiton, Woodside Energy Ltd and Santos Ltd) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop the Kipper Gas Field in Bass Strait. |
| Mott MacDonald Awarded Contract by Petroleum Development Oman | 21/06/2005 |
| Mott MacDonald in JV with Special Technical Services, part of Oman Oilfields Supplies Company, awarded an integrated engineering and maintenance contract by Petroleum Development Oman. More than 250 staff from Mott MacDonald and Special Technical Services will be required to manage, administer and support the execution of the service in areas such as project. |
| KBR Awarded BP Contract for Refinery Conversion | 21/06/2005 |
| KBR awarded contract for a Licensor Engineering Package for conversion of BP West Coast Products, LLC's Carson, California refinery's MTBE unit to the production of iso-octene. Iso-octene is converted to iso-octane gasoline blend stock. |
| TransCanada Awarded Mexican Pipeline Project | 22/06/2005 |
| TransCanada awarded contract by Mexico's Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) to construct, own and operate a natural gas pipeline in east-central Mexico. Project and construction activities will commence immeddately. |
| Qatar Petroleum Signs EPC Contracts for Laffan Refinery | 22/06/2005 |
| Qatar Petroleum signs EPC contracts with the consortium of GS Engineering & Construction Corporation and Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd of Korea for construction of Laffan Refinery, including associated storage and export facilities to be located at Ras Laffan Industrial City. |
| Chevron to Increase Capacity of Pascagoula Refinery's FCCU | 23/06/2005 |
| Chevron Global Refining plans to increase capacity of Pascagoula Refinery's Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) by about 25 percent, from current capacity of 63,000 bpd. Construction of the $150 million project expected to begin next month. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Desalination Unit Project in Saudi Arabia | 24/06/2005 |
| Foster Wheeler Italiana awarded contract by SETE Technical Services S.A., a consultancy and engineering subsidiary of the Latsis Group, to provide process design services in conjunction with the installation of a new seawater desalination unit at the Khafji Joint Operations Plant, at Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia. |
| Naturkraft Builds Norway's First Gas Power Plant | 29/06/2005 |
| Naturkraft AS to proceed with the construction of Norway's first commercial onshore gas-fired power plant at Kårstø in Rogaland, western Norway. The plant will be the first of its kind in Europe with a filtering system for nitrogen oxides emissions. |
| SNC Lavalin and Black & Veatch Consortium Awarded Contract | 29/06/2005 |
| SNC-Lavalin International Inc. and its consortium partner, Black & Veatch Corporation, will be providing services to Sonatrach in connection with the construction of the new Liquefied Natural Gas train in Skikda, Algeria, under a Project Management Consultancy agreement. |
| Jacobs Receives Contract for New PET Plant | 30/06/2005 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group subsidiary awarded acontract for detailed engineering and procurement for Equipolymers S.r.l.'s new polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant at Ottana in Sardinia, Italy. |
| Joint Venture Signs MOU for Petrochemical Project in Kuwait | 30/06/2005 |
| Fluor signs memorandum of understanding with joint venture of Dow Chemical Company and Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for the utilities and infrastructure portion of a major petrochemical project in Kuwait. |
| Studies Launched for LNG Expansion at Hammerfest LNG Plant | 30/06/2005 |
| Studies launched by Snøhvit partners to assess doubling of capacity for processing and liquefying natural gas at Hammerfest LNG plant. Any expansion of this facility on Melkøya island in northern Norway would be conditional on discovering more gas in the Barents Sea. |
| Technip Awarded Murphy Sabah Oil Contract | 04/07/2005 |
| Technip awarded contract by Murphy Sabah Oil Company Ltd for engineering, design, supply and installation of Kikeh Area Development sub sea pipeline and riser system. Technip's engineering centre in Kuala Lumpur, to manage overall project, supported by Technip's office in Perth, Australia, in collaboration with Subsea 7. |
| Atkins Wins Sri Lankan Stormwater Programme | 04/07/2005 |
| Atkins win Lunawa Environment Improvement & Community Development Project in Sri Lanka with Japanese company NJS Consultants. Project is funded by JBIC and extends the Greater Colombo Stormwater Improvement Programme to the Lunawa area to the south of Colombo. |
| Jacobs Receives Phosphoric Acid Plant Contract | 20/07/2005 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receives contract from La Societe Pakistan Maroc Phosphore, S.A. of Morocco, a joint venture between Groupe Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP) and Fauji Group, Pakistan, for the licensing and basic and detail design of a new phosphoric acid plant in Jorf Lasfar, Morocco. |
| Jacobs Receives Contract for Antwerp Plant Expansion | 20/07/2005 |
| A Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. subsidiary company receives contract from INEOS Phenol to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management services for expansion of INEOS Phenol's phenol and acetone plant in the port of Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Technip Signs MOU for Ethylene Plant at Shuaiba, Kuwait | 20/07/2005 |
| Technip signs MOU with The Kuwait Olefins Company (TKOC), a joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), Petrochemical Industries Company, Kuwait (PIC) and Kuwaiti Private Companies, for construction of an ethylene plant at their new Olefins-2 Petrochemical Complex in Shuaiba, Kuwait. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Environmental Project By Polimeri Europa | 20/07/2005 |
| Foster Wheeler Italiana S.p.A. awarded contract by Polimeri Europa S.p.A. for execution of an environmental protection project at the Priolo petrochemical complex in Sicily. Contract calls for Foster Wheeler to provide engineering, procurement, subcontracting and construction supervision. |
| Shaw Awarded EPC Projects by PPL Corporation | 20/07/2005 |
| Shaw Group's Shaw Stone & Webster unit awarded EPC projects by PPL Generation LLC, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation. Projects expected to create approximately 800 jobs during the construction phase, as well as additional permanent positions once operation of the scrubbers begins. |
| Technip Awarded Contracts by Statoil for Subsea Services | 20/07/2005 |
| Technip has been awarded two contracts by Statoil for subsea services in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. Both contracts go into effect on 1 January 2007 and last for 5 years, with options for 3 one-year extensions. |
| Petrofac Partners with GPR to Deliver Contract for Addax Petroleum | 20/07/2005 |
| Petrofac partners with Nigerian engineering company Global Petroleum Resources (GPR) to deliver £1 million contract on behalf of Addax Petroleum Development Nigeria. Contract involves detailed design of Addax's Oron production platform off the coast of Nigeria. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded FGD Construction Contract | 20/07/2005 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd. U.S. subsidiary in its Global Power Group awarded contract for construction of a flue gas desulfurization (FGD) system at American Electric Power Company, Inc.'s (AEP) Mountaineer Plant. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded EPS Contract in Belarus | 21/07/2005 |
| Foster Wheeler Italiana S.p.A. awarded contract for engineering services and supply of critical equipment for JSC Mozyr Oil Refinery, Republic of Belarus. Foster Wheeler Italiana will provide basic design for a grassroots hydrogen production unit based on Steam Methane Reforming hydrogen production technology and will supply the materials for the steam reformer. |
| AMEC's Black & McDonald JV Signs Windpower Contract | 21/07/2005 |
| AMEC and its 50/50 joint venture partner, Black & McDonald sign contract with Erie Shores Wind Farm Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of Clean Power Income Fund, for the design, procurement and installation of the balance of plant works associated with 99 MW Erie Shores Wind Farm. |
| Aker Kvaerner Awarded Extensive Pulp Mill Rebuilds in Indonesia | 25/07/2005 |
| Aker Kvaerner sign EPS contract with Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) for major modernisation of three fiberlines in Indonesia, one at Jambi mill and two at Perawang mill. Modernisations include new equipment and process systems and aim to significantly improve quality and environmental aspects of both mills. |
| Bechtel Lands Abu Dhabi Gas Project | 25/07/2005 |
| Bechtel sign $1.24 billion lump-sum turnkey contract to build a giant gas processing plant for Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (Gasco) to be completed in 38 months. |
| Clough and JV partners Sign Contracts for Greater Gorgon | 25/07/2005 |
| Clough and its joint venture partners, collectively known as Kellogg Joint Venture - Gorgon, sign Front End Engineering and Design contract and option for Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management contract for Greater Gorgon Downstream LNG Project. |
| Foster Wheeler Win PMC Services Contract | 25/07/2005 |
| Foster Wheeler International Corporation's Abu Dhabi Branch awarded project management consultancy services contract by Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Limited (Borouge) for major expansion of the Borouge petrochemicals facility at Ruwais, United Arab Emirates. Borouge is a joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Copenhagen-based Borealis A/S. |
| Kazanorgsintez Award Technip Ethylene Expansion Project | 25/07/2005 |
| Technip awarded ethylene capacity expansion project by Kazanorgsintez in Kazan in the Russian Federation. Project involves modernisation and capacity expansion of three existing ethylene plants at Kazan. Technip's office in the Netherlands will provide technology for the expansion and perform the engineering and supply of the furnace and provide advisory services for the construction/start-up phase. |
| Aker Kvaerner Wins World-scale Polyolefins Project in Saudi Arabia | 26/07/2005 |
| SABIC sign letter of intent with Aker Kvaerner for engineering, procurement and construction of its world-scale polyolefins complex, in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Project is to be executed on a joint venture basis with China Petrochemical Corporation (SINOPEC Group). |
| Foster Wheeler Wins New Delayed Coker Complex for ENERCON | 27/07/2005 |
| Foster Wheeler Iberia awarded EPC contract for new delayed coker complex at Empresa Nacional de Petroleo's (ENAP) Aconcagua refinery at Concon, Chile. Project to be executed by a consortium led by Foster Wheeler, with two other international companies. |
| Petrofac Secures New Gas Plant Contract in Oman | 27/07/2005 |
| Petrofac secures contract with Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Oil & Gas (MOG) to build a new gas plant in the Kauther field in north Oman. The EPC contract will be executed through Petrofac Engineering & Construction from its base in Sharjah. |
| Bechtel to Build Aluminum Smelter in Oman | 27/07/2005 |
| Bechtel sign agreement to build an aluminum smelter in northern Oman for Sohar Aluminium, as part of an overall $2.2 billion project that will also include a power station and desalination plant as well as a port facility. |
| Shaw Signs LOI with SHARQ for Grassroots Ethylene Plant | 03/08/2005 |
| Shaw Group's Stone & Webster signs letter of intent with Eastern Petrochemical Co., also known as SHARQ, for engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of a 1.3 million metric tons-per-year ethylene plant. |
| KBR Awarded EnCana Contract for Foster Creek Oil Field | 05/08/2005 |
| KBR awarded its first contract from Canadian oil company EnCana. The award, valued at CAD $12 million, is for 19 steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) modules for the Foster Creek oil field in North East Alberta. |
| SABIC Selects Aker Kvaerner for Ibn Zahr Polypropylene III Project | 19/08/2005 |
| Ibn Zahr, Saudi European Petrochemical Company (an affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation - SABIC) sign LOI with Aker Kvaerner for the provision of program management services and basic engineering services, for its Ibn Zahr Polypropylene III project. |
| JGC Partnership Signs Agreement for CDM Project | 24/08/2005 |
| JGC Corporation and its partners, Marubeni Corporation, and Daioh Construction Co., Ltd. reach agreement with The Zhejiang Juha Co., Ltd, a chemical products manufacturing company in Zhejiang province, China. Agreement involves establishment of a CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) project in a joint effort to help reduce GHG (Greenhouse gas) emissions. |
| J. Ray McDermott Awarded Saudi Aramco Project | 24/08/2005 |
| J. Ray McDermott, S.A. awarded work by Saudi Aramco to provide fabrication and installation for the Marjan, Zuluf, Safaniya oil field facilities. J. Ray, utilizing its Jebel Ali fabrication facility, will commence construction engineering, partial procurement and fabrication of five wellhead jackets. |
| Wood Group to Provide Integrated O&M Services in Mexico | 25/08/2005 |
| Wood Group Engineering & Production Facilities SA de CV sign contract with Compania de Servicios de Compresion de Campeche, a joint venture between Duke Energy International, LLC and Marubeni Corporation, to provide integrated operations and maintenance services in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico. |
| Saudi Aramco Move Ahead with Offshore Field Projects | 26/08/2005 |
| Saudi Aramco moves ahead with field projects in Marjan, Zuluf and Safaniya oil fields. First roject geared toward maintaining production potential at the three fields and second project involves installation of 42 Electric Submersible Pumps on seven existing platforms in the North Safaniya field. |
| Jacobs Receives Contract from Total | 29/08/2005 |
| Jacobs Engineering subsidiary signs engineering partnership with Total E&P the Netherlands to provide engineering services for Total's offshore gas production facilities on the Dutch sector of the European Continental Shelf. |
| CB&I Wins Turnkey Contract for LNG Storage Project in Canada | 29/08/2005 |
| CB&I awarded lump-sum turnkey contract for design and construction of storage tanks for new liquefied natural gas import terminal near Port Hawkesbury on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Facility will be owned and operated by Bear Head LNG Corporation, a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. |
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