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Process Optimization

Technip awarded engineering contract from Solvay to study China greenfield chem plant

Solvay awarded Technip with an engineering services contract to study construction of a greenfield chemical plant in Taixing, Jiangsu Province, China.

Jacobs wins EPC deal for new Canada oil refinery

Jacobs was awarded a contract by the North West Redwater Partnership to provide detailed engineering, procurement and construction services for the development of a new oil refinery in Alberta, Canada. Officials did not disclose the contract value.

CB&I inks $300mn EPC contract for new US natgas processing plant

CB&I has been awarded a contract in excess of $300 million for a new natural gas processing plant in the northeast US, the company said on Tuesday.

Engineering firm Bechtel buys delayed coking technology from ConocoPhillips

Global engineering firm Bechtel has purchased ConocoPhillips’ leading delayed coking technology, a move that uniquely positions Bechtel for growth in the refining industry, the companies said on Tuesday.

Foster Wheeler wins YBF project for delayed coker heater in Argentina

Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by YPF S.A. for the delayed coker heater at the new delayed coking unit at YPF’s Complejo Industrial La Plata in Argentina. Foster Wheeler’s scope of work includes engineering, equipment supply and supervision to construction and start-up, it said.

Elliott Group to supply compressors for Petrobras refinery expansions in Brazil

Elliott Group has won contracts from Brazilian oil major Petrobras to supply compressors for expansion projects at the company's REGAP and REMAN refineries as well as the new northeast refinery RNEST. The projects will aid the Petrobras' efforts to increase domestic production of high-quality diesel fuel, officials said.

Fluor wins advisory deal for new floating LNG import terminal in Lithuania

Fluor said it has been awarded a contract by Lithuania's state-owned oil company Klaipedos Nafta to provide engineering and business support services for a new floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Klaipeda, Lithuania.

PDVSA awards Foster Wheeler with design deal for new refinery in Venezuela

Foster Wheeler has been awarded a process design and front-end engineering design (FEED) services contract by PDVSA for the new Batalla Santa Ines refinery Phase I hydroskimming section to be built in Barinas, Venezuela.

Improve decision-making for LNG projects via an integrated technology

Aspen Technology Inc.: Beck, R.

This approach to modeling and economics cuts through the complexity of project capital investment

Two-phase fluid cycle efficiently recovers power from FSRUs

Ebara International Corp.: Kimmel, H. E.

Compact design is efficient and economical