Engineering & Design
Shaw awarded EPC deal for US nuclear plant
The Shaw Group was awarded a contract by an affiliate of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide plant life-cycle management services for the Cook nuclear plant in Bridgman, Mich.
Italy's Saipem, Japan's Chiyoda agree to JV for LNG, upstream projects
Saipem and Japanese firm Chiyoda Corp. have agreed to form a joint venture to develop onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) and upstream projects, the companies said on Tuesday.
Jacobs wins engineering deal for DuPont TiO2 expansion in Mexico
Jacobs Engineering Group announced Tuesday that it received a contract from DuPont Titanium Technologies to provide full engineering procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the company's Mexico titanium dioxide (TiO2) expansion project.
Foster Wheeler wins Spanish engineering award for refinery expansion work
Foster Wheeler won the 2010 national prize in industrial engineering from the Spanish National Society of Professional Industrial Engineers for refinery expansion work completed for Repsol Petróleo S.A. in Cartagena (Murcia), Spain.
KBR to design coal seam gas pipelines in Australia
KBR was awarded an engineering design services contract for three coal seam gas (CSG) pipelines to carry CSG from gasfields in central Queensland, Australia, to an export facility on Curtis Island.
Foster Wheeler to supply CFB steam generators for 'green' power project in Korea
Global contractor Foster Wheeler said it was given a limited notice to proceed by Hyundai Engineering and Construction to design and supply four supercritical circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generators for the Samcheok Green Power project of Korea Southern Power Co. (KOSPO).
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Fine-tune ethylene unit startups
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HP Viewpoint: Why technology choice does matter
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- Babcock & Wilcox awarded $40-MM contract for advanced wet gas scrubbing technology at Canadian petroleum refinery 12/19
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