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| New Ormen Lange Contract to Saipem UK | 03/07/2007 |
Hydro awards NOK 120 million contract to Saipem UK Limited for template installation on the Ormen Lange Southern Field Development. Hydro awarded the contract on behalf of the Ormen Lange licensees for the installation of one eight-slot template of approximately 1,150 tonnes. The installation will take place in the second quarter of 2009 at a water depth of approximately 900 meters, with tight installation tolerances.  |
| Aker Kvaerner Wins Project at Northumbrian Water's Bran Sands | 03/07/2007 |
| Northumbrian Water Ltd (NWL) awards Aker Kvaerner a GBP 28 million contract to design, construct, install and commission a facility to extend the treatment capabilities of the existing regional sludge treatment centre (RSTC) at Bran Sands on Teesside, in the UK. All engineering work including civil design will be carried out by Aker Kvaerner's Engineering Services' business in Stockton-on-Tees. Scope of services also includes supply of specialist advanced digestion thermal hydrolysis equipment and performance testing after commissioning. |
| Total to Build Two New Units at the Lindsey Oil Refinery | 05/07/2007 |
| Total begins construction of two new units at the Lindsey Oil Refinery, near Immingham, in the United Kingdom: a hydrodesulphurization (HDS) unit with a capacity of 1 million metric tonnes per year; and a hydrogen production unit (SMR - Steam Methane Reformer) necessary for the desulphurisation process. Representing an investment of around €300 million, the project will at peak employ 600 people at the refinery. Commissioning is scheduled for 2009. |
| AMEC Wins Major Nuclear Power Plant Services Contract | 06/08/2007 |
| AMEC wins major contract from British Energy for engineering and project management services on three of its fleet of nuclear power plants in the UK. The five-year contract, the value of which is not being disclosed, carries an option for a further two years and will see AMEC provide project management and engineering services at the two sites at Heysham in the north west of England and at Hartlepool on Teesside. |
| E.ON UK Gets Ball Rolling on Biomass Power Station | 06/08/2007 |
| E.ON UK submits scoping statement to build a £60m biomass power station in Sheffield, bringing new jobs and investment to the area. Rated at 25MW, the new renewable energy plant would produce enough power for around 40,000 homes by burning a combination of recycled wood and specially grown crops such as willow and elephant grass. The plant would also displace the emission of around 80,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year - the equivalent of taking more than 20,000 cars off the UK's roads each year - and is expected to create 20 full-time jobs |
| Jacobs Consultancy Receives Contract for Refinery Upgrade Project | 22/08/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. subsidiary, Jacobs Consultancy UK Ltd., has received a contract from Slavneft-Yanos to provide consulting support for a strategic development program at a 300,000 barrels per stream day refinery in Yaroslavl, Russia. Slavneft-Yanos, co-owned by TNK-BP and "Gazpromneft," plans to upgrade this major refining facility by converting the residue into high-value products that meet European specifications. |
| Jacobs Receives British Energy Asset Improvement Contract | 22/08/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract from British Energy Generation (BE) The 5-year contract is extendable by 2 years and will help BE deliver its asset improvement program. BE owns and operates eight of the U.K.'s nuclear and one coal-fired power stations. It is the U.K.'s largest producer of electricity, generating around one-fifth of the nation's needs. Acting as a strategic partner to British Energy Projects Division, Jacobs will take responsibility for asset improvement works at five of these sites: Hunterston B, Torness, Hinkley Point B, and Dungeness B which utilize Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor technology and at Sizewell B where BE operates the U.K.'s only pressurized water reactor. |
| Jacobs Receives Two Sulfur Recovery Project Contracts in China | 22/08/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received 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 Contract for Dye Project in Scotland | 23/08/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. awarded contract to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management services to FUJIFILM Imaging Colorants Limited (FFIC) for a new manufacturing facility located at Grangemouth, Scotland. FFIC is a world leader in the development and supply of innovative, high-performance colorants for the global digital printing market. |
| Jacobs Receives Framework Contract From Magnox Electric | 23/08/2007 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group receives 2-year contract to provide a wide range of project delivery services to Magnox Electric's reactor sites located throughout the United Kingdom (UK). Magnox Electric holds contracts with the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for the management, operation, and decommissioning of ten of the UK's Magnox Reactor sites, at a budgeted cost of approximately $1 billion annually. |
| E.ON Plans One of UK's Largest Wind Farms off Yorkshire Coast | 29/08/2007 |
| E.ON UK announces plans to build a multi-million pound offshore wind farm over 8km off the coast of East Yorkshire, just north of the Humber estuary. The proposed Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm would have up to 83 turbines and produce up to 300MW of clean, green energy, enough to power up to 195,000 homes - more than one and a half times the number of homes in Hull. |
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