Project Management
BP awards maintenance, construction deal to KBR for two US chemical plants
KBR has been awarded a three-year contract by BP Amoco Chemical Co. to execute maintenance and small capital construction projects at BP’s plants in Decatur, Ala., and Cooper River, S.C.
Mississippi ranked as world's top spot for oil and gas investment
Mississippi is ranked as the top place in the world for oil and gas investment, according to the opinions of international petroleum executives and managers in the annual Global Petroleum Survey, released today by the Fraser Institute.
Wood Group JV wins management deal for coal seam gas processing in Australia
Brisbane-based Wood Group Wagners has been awarded the project management services contract for the GLNG pipeline project in Queensland, a development that will process coal seam gas (CSG) into liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Shaw awarded EPC deal for US nuclear plant
The Shaw Group was awarded a contract by an affiliate of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide plant life-cycle management services for the Cook nuclear plant in Bridgman, Mich.
Update your reliability performance to meet process safety expectations
Better risk assessment can identify root causes for potential site catastrophes before they occur
HP Viewpoint: Why technology choice does matter
These days, the idea of optimizing comes up everywhere. We personally optimize our time, our retirement portfolio, our route to work, our diets, our energy use at home, and a host of other things. In ..
HP Construction: North America
KBR has been awarded a $65 million contract by Chevron Products Co. to execute a base-oil expansion project at Chevron’s refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The construction project includes bui..
HP Construction: South America
Technip, in consortium with Tomé Engenharia, was awarded a lump-sum turnkey EPC contract by Petrobras for five new units at the Presidente Bernardes Refinery in Cubatão, state of São Pa..
HP Construction: Europe
Evonik Industries has started up a new facility to produce high-purity isobutene at its site in Antwerp, Belgium. The new plant, which involved investment of tens of millions of euros, can produce up ..
HP Construction: Middle East
GS Engineering & Construction Corp. has signed a $556 million deal to build a gas storage facility in Kuwait. Under the deal with the state-run Kuwait National Petroleum Co., GS Engineering will compl..
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