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HP Construction: Asia-Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Stamicarbon, the licensing and IP center of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A., has signed a license agreement with Hengang Huahe Coal Chemical Industry, Ltd. for a urea plant with a capacity of 1,860 metric tpd...

HP Construction Profile: Eni starts slurry technology project at Italy refinery

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: DuBose, Ben

Italian oil and gas major Eni has started work on applying Eni Slurry Technology (EST) at its Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi refinery, located near Pavia in northern Italy.EST is Eni’s proprietary ..

Fluor, NAEP awarded mine construction contract at Canada oil sands

North American Energy Partners (NAEP) has been awarded a $127 million heavy civil construction contract with Fluor Canada at Syncrude’s Base Mine. The new contract at Syncrude is the first of several large construction contracts to be let relating to the mine train relocations at Syncrude's Base and Aurora Mines.

UOP begins construction on Hawaii biofuels plant

Honeywell unit UOP has begun construction in Hawaii of a biofuels demonstration unit that will convert forest residuals, algae and other cellulosic biomass into green transportation fuels.

Jacobs wins FEED phase of clean fuels, aromatics project at Ras Tanura refinery

Jacobs Engineering Group said Tuesday that it has been awarded the second phase of the clean fuels and aromatics project at the Ras Tanura refinery. This award is under the Saudi Aramco general engineering and project management services (GES+) contract.

Foster Wheeler awarded design engineering work for Statoil processing plants in Norway

Foster Wheeler has been awarded a deal to provide detailed design engineering for Aibel, which has been appointed by Statoil as the main EPC contractor for the Kårstø development project (KDP) 2013 for the Kårstø and Kollsnes oil and gas processing plants in Norway.

Air Liquide to engineer, license coal-to-propylene project in China

The engineering and construction division of Air Liquide signed a contract with the Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group (SNCG) in China to build a 500,000 tpy methanol-to-propylene (MTP) plant, following the successful commissioning of the first industrial scale unit built with the same client.

KBR wins UK government work in Iraq, Afghanistan

KBR has been selected by the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to provide life support, vehicle maintenance and healthcare services across Baghdad, Basra and Erbil in Iraq, and Kabul and Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan.

Petrobras awards Excelerate with Brazil FSRU deal for LNG delivery

Brazil-based oil major Petrobras has awarded Excelerate Energy with a deal to build an advanced floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU). This vessel, designated by Petrobras as VT3, will deliver 20 million cubic meters/day of natural gas to the southeast region of Brazil.

KBR awarded engineering design deal for BP FPSO project in UK

KBR said it received a letter of award from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. to perform engineering design and procurement support for the BP Quad 204 floating production storage and offload (FPSO) project to be located west of Shetland Isles in UK waters.