Construction
HP Construction: Middle East
L&T Hydrocarbon has a project order, valued around $150 million, from Petroleum Development Oman LLC (PDO). The order is to set up a greenfield project planned to treat an average of 3 million standar..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
Alfa Laval has won an order to supply its Packinox heat exchangers to a refinery in Kazakhstan. The order value is approximately SEK 55 million, and delivery is scheduled for 2012.The Packinox heat ex..
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Foster Wheeler, GE team up in South America for mining solutions
Foster Wheeler said on Wednesday that the Chilean subsidiary of its global engineering and construction group has signed a memorandum of understanding with GE Energy to explore the pursuit of selected mining and metals projects in South America.
Sasol picks Foster Wheeler for EPCm on gas-fired power plant in South Africa
Foster Wheeler says it has received an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services contract from Sasol for the outside battery limit (OBL) portion of a new gas-fired power generation plant at Sasolburg, South Africa.
Algenol begins construction on Florida bio-refinery
Algenol Biofuels has broken ground on construction of its pilot-scale integrated bio-refinery, which will include the first large-scale deployment of Algenol's patented Direct To Ethanol technology to produce ethanol directly from carbon dioxide, sunlight and salt water using blue-green algae in patented photobioreactors (PBRs).
Arkema picks Jacobs for engineering, construction on US petrochemical projects
Jacobs Engineering has received a contract from Arkema to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services for two projects at its complex in Clear Lake, Texas. The first is for an acrylic acid expansion and the second a methyl acrylate project, company officials said.
Foster Wheeler wins top British safety award
Global engineering and construction major Foster Wheeler has won the Five Star Health and Safety Management System Audit Award from the British Safety Council for the performance of the company’s UK-headquartered operation in Reading. The award follows a Five Star audit, in which the British Safety Council reviewed the health and safety performance of FWEL’s Reading home office operation, the company said.
ExxonMobil picks Technip for engineering on Texas lubricant base stock plant
ExxonMobil Chemical has selected Technip for engineering and management services on its grassroots lubricant base stock facility to be built at ExxonMobil’s integrated refinery and chemical plant complex in Baytown, Texas.
Jacobs wins Canadian oil sands engineering deals
Jacobs Engineering Group has received new contracts in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 from seven clients in the Alberta oil sands region of Canada to support steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and bitumen upgrading expansion projects. Officials estimate the combined total construction value of the awarded projects at more than $1.4 billion, the company said.
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- Hexagon collaborates with Microsoft to enhance industrial operations 11/25
- China issues extra crude oil import quota to teapot refineries 11/25
- McDermott achieves ISO 50001 Certification for energy management at four fabrication yards 11/25
- DNV certifies first CO2 storage site in Middle East for ADNOC CCS project 11/25
