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Fluor wins engineering excellence award for Spain refinery expansion

Fluor said on Tuesday that it was awarded the 2010 national prize for industrial engineering by Spain’s National Society of Professional Industrial Engineers.

Mexico oil firm PEMEX picks McDermott to build three Gulf pipelines

Engineering firm McDermott has been awarded a contract from Mexican energy major PEMEX for the procurement, construction and installation of three oil and gas pipelines in the Bay of Campeche, each ranging from 8 to 20 inches in diameter.

Baker Hughes selected by Terra to manage Russia oil and gas assets

Terra Resources, a London-based independent oil and gas firm, said Wednesday that it had picked Baker Hughes to manage the development of its oil and gas assets in Russia.

Jacobs wins global services deal from petroleum additives firm Infineum

Jacobs Engineering Group was awarded a contract from Infineum, a world class formulator, manufacturer and marketer of petroleum additives, for a master services agreement for the company's operations in Europe, Asia and North America.

Sweden group picks engineering firm Jacobs for biomass gasification, methanation project

Jacobs Engineering Group announced Tuesday that it received a contract from Goteborg Energi AB for the GoBiGas project, a 20-megawatt biomass gasification and methanation project in Goteborg, Sweden.

Employees for engineering services firm MISTRAS set safety milestone at Shell US refinery

For the 14th consecutive year, employees with engineering services firm MISTRAS have gone without a recordable injury while working at the Shell Oil refinery in Martinez, Calif., officials said on Friday.

BASF awards Technip with umbrella contract for chemical project work

Germany-based chemical major BASF awarded Technip with an umbrella contract for engineering services on its chemical and petrochemical projects. Both companies are contemplating a long-term partnership, they said, which would provide BASF access to the resources of Technip for its capital investments notably in Europe, but also in other regions.

Shaw renews contract with Albemarle for engineering work at US specialty chemical sites

The Shaw Group said on Wednesday that it renewed a contract with Albemarle to provide maintenance, engineering, construction, reliability, operations and other labor services at Albemarle's specialty chemicals manufacturing locations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas.

Motiva picks KBR to build coker for refinery expansion in Port Arthur, Texas

KBR announced that its subsidiary Roberts & Schaefer (R&S) has been selected to construct a petroleum coker (pet coke) material handling system for Motiva’s refinery expansion project in Port Arthur, Texas.

Sasol selects S&B as EPC contractor for US ethylene tetramerization plant

Sasol has selected Houston-based S&B Engineers and Constructors (Houston, Texas) as its engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) contractor to build its recently-announced ethylene tetramerization plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana.