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Jacobs recruited for new Serbian hydrogen plant

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a contract from Heurtey Petrochem SA, France to provide engineering services for a new hydrogen plant generation unit at the Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) refinery. The NIS refinery is located in Pancevo, Serbia and is under a license from Haldor Topsoe

ABB to fix the juice at Saudi petrochem complex

ABB has won a $20 million contract from Saudi Petrochemical Co. (Sadaf) to implement a power factor correction and power management solution at the company’s Jubail manufacturing complex.

Financing secured for new Egyptian refinery

The Egyptian Refining Co. (ERC) has signed a debt package of $2.6 billion to finance construction of its $3.7 billion second-stage oil refinery in the greater Cairo area of Egypt.

Shaw on board for base oils plant in Abu Dhabi

The Shaw Group Inc. has a contract with Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co. (Takreer) to provide project management consultancy services during the engineering, procurement and construction phase of a base oils plant at the Ruwais Industrial Complex in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Flowserve green lit for Saudi Aramco’s Yanbu' project

Flowserve Corp. has received final approval from Saudi Aramco on a master purchase agreement to supply pumps, valves and services for the Yanbu' export refinery project (YERP).

Eastman to expand hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin production

Eastman Chemical Co. plans to expand production of hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins at both its Middelburg, The Netherlands, and Longview, Texas, facilities.

Optimize operating parameters of absorbers/strippers in gas plants

Bantrel Co.: Nava, J.

Better recovery definition of C3s and C4s from gas absorber/stripper can lower costs

Increase crude unit capacity through better integration

Gulf Advanced Process Technologies (GAP-Tech): Amin, M. S.  |  Ibrahim, M. S.  |  Aseeri, A. S.

In revamp projects, better energy integration provides more benefits with less capital investment and lower operating costs

Shaw selected to assist at Adana Dogu Akdeniz refinery in Turkey

The Shaw Group Inc. has been awarded a contract by Dogu Akdeniz Petrokimya ve Rafineri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (DAPRAS), a subsidiary of Çal k Enerji, to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services for a grassroots refinery in Yumurtalk located in the Ceyhan region of Turkey on the eastern Mediterranean coast.

Siemens to work on NGL plant in UAE

Siemens Energy has been awarded a $40 million project in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to engineer and supply an integrated power solution for a natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation plant. The customer is a joint venture between Petrofac and GS E&C on behalf of Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (GASCO), responsible for the fractionation of natural and associated gas from onshore oil operations in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Siemens will be the main electrical contractor for GASCO’s Ruwais 4th NGL train, located in the city of Ruwais, UAE. The train is scheduled to go into operation in March 2012.