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HP Construction: South America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Braskem-Idesa, the joint venture between Braskem and Idesa, has taken another important step in developing its Ethylene XXI project in Mexico. The JV has chosen Technip as the technology provider for ..

HP Construction: Europe

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Uhde has begun construction of what is said to be its first-ever skid-mounted chlor-alkali electrolysis plant in Leuna, Germany. Leuna-Harze GmbH, one of Europe’s leading producers of epoxy resin..

HP Construction: Middle East

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Neste Oil and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) have a partnership concerning very high-viscosity index (VHVI) base oils. Along with the cooperation, 600,000 metric tpy of NEXBASE base oil is expecte..

HP Construction: Asia-Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Fluor Offshore Solutions, a unit of Fluor Corp., has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by Woodside for the Browse liquefied natural gas (LNG) development. The Browse fiel..

HP Construction: Neste Oil celebrates the grand opening of its ISCC-certified renewable diesel plant in Singapore

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Neste Oil with Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Mr. Teo Chee Hean; Finnish Minister for Ownership Steering, Mr. Jyri Häkämies; and some 200 guests celebrated ..

Safety milestone reached by AltairStrickland during BP Texas City turnaround work

AltairStrickland, a process plant turnaround (TAR) engineering, management and maintenance firm, said it recently set a major safety milestone as part of its 2011 turnaround work at BP’s Texas City refinery.

Chevron awards $65mn contract to KBR for base oil expansion at Mississippi refinery

KBR has been awarded a $65mn contract for a base oil expansion project at Chevron’s refinery in Pascagoula, Miss., the global engineering and construction firm announced on Wednesday.

CB&I awarded over $45mn to build storage tanks for Canadian oil sands project

CB&I has been awarded a project in excess of $45mn to build storage tanks at a Canadian oil sands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta.

Technip awarded EPC contract for Petrobras refinery in Brazil

Brazilian energy major Petrobras awarded Technip, in consortium with Tomé Engenharia, a lump sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for five new units at the Presidente Bernardes refinery in Cubatão, state of São Paulo.

Jacobs completes acquisition of Aker Solutions' onshore P&C operations in China

Jacobs Engineering Group has completed the acquisition of Aker Projects (Shanghai) Company Ltd, Aker Solutions' onshore process and construction (P&C) operations in China.