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Capstone Turbine Corp. secures two new orders from large US energy firm

Capstone Turbine Corp., the world's leading clean-technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced it recently secured two new orders from a large US energy and gas transmission company.

Ex-Im Bank gives initial approval for $2.8 billion in financing for Colombian refinery

The Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the US today voted to grant preliminary approval for a $2.84 billion direct loan/loan guarantee to Colombia’s Refinería de Cartagena S.A. (Reficar).

Marubeni buys $270 million shale stake from Marathon

Marathon Oil has signed an agreement with Marubeni Denver Julesburg, a subsidiary of Marubeni Corp., under which Marathon will assign a portion of its interest in the Niobrara shale play within the DJ Basin of southeast Wyoming and northern Colorado.

URS to provide services to BP’s Whiting refinery

URS Corp. today announced that it has been awarded a contract by BP Products North America Inc. to provide construction maintenance services, including electrical, mechanical, piping, instrumentation and civil works to the Whiting refinery in Whiting, Indiana.

How to properly apply a plant asset management strategy

Siemens: Norinder, J.

Facilities employing leak-detection and custody-transfer systems receive many benefits with this program

HP Integration Strategies: HPI needs to develop standards for asset information management

ARC Advisory Group: Miller, Paul

ARC Advisory Group’s 15th Annual World Industry Forum in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 7-10, 2011, attracted more than 650 participants, representing 250 different organizations from 20 different countr..

HP Construction: North America

Chevron Lubricants will construct a lubricants manufacturing facility at the company’s Pascagoula refinery. The $1.4 billion Pascagoula base-oil project is projected to generate approximately 1,0..

HP Construction: South America

Braskem Idesa S.A.P.I., a joint venture of Braskem S.A. and Grupo Idesa S.A. de C.V., has selected LyondellBasell’s Lupotech T process technology for a new 300 kilotons/yr low-density polyethylen..

HP Construction: Europe

Technip has been awarded a lump-sum services contract by Burgasnefteproekt EOOD (a Lukoil engineering subsidiary) for phase 1 of a heavy-residue hydrocracking complex to be built at its refinery in Bu..

HP Construction: Africa

KBR has been awarded a contract by The Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to provide a conceptual study and associated project-management services (PMS) for th..