Engineering & Design
Total taps Foster Wheeler for hydrodesulfurization revamp at Belgium refinery
Foster Wheeler has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services contract by Total for the revamp of a hydrodesulfurization unit at Total’s refinery in Antwerp, Belgium. The value will be included in the company’s first-quarter 2012 bookings.
Foster Wheeler inks global services pact with Dow
Foster Wheeler has signed a strategic umbrella agreement with Dow Chemical for the provision of project management, consulting, engineering, procurement, construction management, and construction services. The deal offers support by Foster Wheeler to selected Dow global capital projects, the companies said.
CB&I wins $50mn deal for Canadian oil sands work
CB&I said Monday that has been awarded a contract, valued in excess of $50 million, for an oil sands project in Canada. The scope of work primarily includes the assembly of coke drums and a fractionator tower, according to the company. Details on the oil sands producer were not disclosed.
HP Construction: North America
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, L.P. has selected Exterran to design, manufacture and construct a natural gas-processing plant in South Texas. The project includes engineering, procurement and constructi..
HP Construction: Europe
CB&I’s Lummus Technology business sector has been awarded two separate contracts by a client in Russia. The combined value of the contracts is approximately $120 million. The first contract was a..
HP Construction: Middle East
Siemens Industry Automation Division is providing Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co. (Takreer) with a Zimpro wet-air oxidation (WAO) system to treat refinery spent caustic as part of Takreer’s refinery e..
HP Construction: Asia Pacific
The Shaw Group Inc. has a contract to provide the technology license and process design package for the revamp of Star Petroleum Refining Co.’s residue fluid catalytic-cracking (RFCC) unit in Map..
HP Construction Profile: Methanex targets US for relocation of capacity
Methanex plans to move at least one methanol plant from Chile to the US, seeking to capitalize on a trend of low natural gas prices and possible interest in gasoline alternatives.For now, the Canada-b..
Cynar picks Rockwell Automation to design, build UK waste-to-fuel plant
Waste-to-energy technology company Cynar has awarded an $11 million contract to Rockwell Automation to design and build a new end-of-life, plastic-to-fuel conversion plant in Bristol, UK. Cynar says it has developed a technology that converts end-of-life plastics into fuel.
Technip awarded top Europe employer certification
Technip was awarded this week with the Top Employer Europe 2012 certifification. To get certification, organizations were required to be successfully achieving the criteria set in a minimum of five European countries. Technip said it was successfully certified as a Top Employer in nine countries.
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- Maersk could use 15%–20% alternative fuels for its fleet in 2030 11/28
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- Singapore distillates stocks tick up for fifth week 11/28
