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Sweden group picks engineering firm Jacobs for biomass gasification, methanation project

Jacobs Engineering Group announced Tuesday that it received a contract from Goteborg Energi AB for the GoBiGas project, a 20-megawatt biomass gasification and methanation project in Goteborg, Sweden.

Employees for engineering services firm MISTRAS set safety milestone at Shell US refinery

For the 14th consecutive year, employees with engineering services firm MISTRAS have gone without a recordable injury while working at the Shell Oil refinery in Martinez, Calif., officials said on Friday.

BASF awards Technip with umbrella contract for chemical project work

Germany-based chemical major BASF awarded Technip with an umbrella contract for engineering services on its chemical and petrochemical projects. Both companies are contemplating a long-term partnership, they said, which would provide BASF access to the resources of Technip for its capital investments notably in Europe, but also in other regions.

Shaw renews contract with Albemarle for engineering work at US specialty chemical sites

The Shaw Group said on Wednesday that it renewed a contract with Albemarle to provide maintenance, engineering, construction, reliability, operations and other labor services at Albemarle's specialty chemicals manufacturing locations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas.

Motiva picks KBR to build coker for refinery expansion in Port Arthur, Texas

KBR announced that its subsidiary Roberts & Schaefer (R&S) has been selected to construct a petroleum coker (pet coke) material handling system for Motiva’s refinery expansion project in Port Arthur, Texas.

Sasol selects S&B as EPC contractor for US ethylene tetramerization plant

Sasol has selected Houston-based S&B Engineers and Constructors (Houston, Texas) as its engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) contractor to build its recently-announced ethylene tetramerization plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

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.