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Technip wins EPC deal for Canada subsea project

Technip received a contract from Hibernia Management and Development (HMDC) in Canada for the Hibernia southern extension project.

Statoil awards Technip with engineering contract for Brazil offshore work

Statoil has awarded Technip with a three-year contract to cover feasibility, concept and front-end engineering design studies for Statoil’s existing offshore production fields and future developments in Brazil.

Foster Wheeler wins design, EPC contract for Thailand refinery upgrade

Thai Oil awarded a contract to Foster Wheeler AG for basic design as well as engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services for the emission improvement and PSA-3 project at Thai Oil’s refinery in Sriracha, Thailand.

ExxonMobil begins drilling, construction on Texas oil recovery project

ExxonMobil said on Tuesday that drilling and construction have started on an enhanced oil recovery project at the Means field in Andrews County, Texas. The first phase of the project has the potential to recover as much as 5mn barrels of additional oil, an amount equal to the annual energy needs of about 170,000 Texas households.

Technip awarded €55mn contract from Statoil for Norway subsea project

France-based engineering firm Technip was awarded a €55mn contract from Statoil for the Vigdis NE field development located in the Norwegian Sea at a water depth of 220-310 meters.

Fluor reports record backlog of orders, sees new Q1 projects nearly double from 2010

Fluor reported a record backlog of orders on Friday, saying that new project awards in the company’s first quarter nearly doubled year-earlier levels. The US-based contractor noted the growth in orders as part of its first-quarter earnings, which saw profit climb 2.3% to $140mn amid strength in the company’s industrial and infrastructure business.

Technip awarded engineering contract for Australia gas complex

Technip was awarded a reimbursable contract for engineering work and services related to procurement and construction management for the Macedon gas project located near Onslow in northwest Australia.

Saudi Aramco chooses SNC-Lavalin JV for five-year engineering, project management deal

State-owned oil company Saudi Aramco has chosen SNC-Lavalin, together with its Saudi Arabian 50/50 joint venture partner The Zuhair Fayez Partnership, to perform general engineering and project management services (GES+) under a five-year reimbursable contract.

Construction markets show promise, poised for second-half recovery – Foster Wheeler

Global engineering and construction (E&C) markets are showing signs of strengthening, with industry revenues likely to rise in the second half of 2011, the interim chief executive of contractor Foster Wheeler said on Tuesday.

Foster Wheeler promotes Nield to vice president of project risk management group

Global engineering and construction contractor Foster Wheeler announced that Jon Nield, 47, has been promoted to vice president of the company’s project risk management group (PMRG), effective immediately.