Project Management
HP Construction: Africa
Technip has been awarded a contract by Sonatrach, the Algerian national oil company, for refurbishment and revamping of the Algiers refinery. This lump-sum turnkey contract, worth approximately $908 m..
HP Construction: Middle East
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has awarded a seven-year engineering and maintenance services contract (EMC) to Wood Group–CCC, a joint venture set up to provide operations and maintenance servi..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
CB&I has announced that Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Liaoning Tongyi Petrochemical Co., Ltd., for the license and engineering design of grassroots olefins-conversion technology (OC..
Enerkem gets loan guarantee for Mississippi waste-to-fuel biorefinery
Enerkem Corp. has obtained a conditional commitment for an $80 million loan guarantee by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), for the construction of its waste-to-biofuels project in Pontotoc, Mississippi, which will transform Northeast Mississippi’s municipal solid waste into ethanol.
ONEOK Partners invests in additional natural gas processing plant in North Dakota
ONEOK Partners plans to invest another $260 million to $305 million between now and the end of 2014 for additional projects in the Bakken Shale in the Williston Basin of North Dakota.
Deloitte expands energy analytics capabilities
Deloitte has acquired all of the assets of Altos Management Partners, Inc., a consultancy to energy companies that was founded in 1995, as well as those of MarketPoint, Inc., an Altos sister company best known for MarketBuilder, an analytic suite for energy market modeling and price forecasting.
Marathon splitting in two
The Board of Directors of Marathon Oil Corp. has approved moving forward with plans to spin off Marathon's downstream business, creating two independent energy companies.
Financial news for major energy companies, third quarter 2010
"Financial News for Major Energy Producers (the News)" is a report on the recent financial performance of major US energy producers.
Jacobs to do turnaround work in Newfoundland
Jacobs Engineering Group has received a three year contract from North Atlantic Refining for the provision of turnaround and small capital work services at the company's refinery in Newfoundland, Canada.
Specialty chemical plant being built in Louisiana
Myriant Technologies, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Myriant Lake Providence Inc., will soon begin building a new 392,000-square-foot plant at the Port of Lake Providence, Louisiana. Myrant hopes the plant will be the world's largest bio-based succinic acid plant.

- CLG and INA successfully produce SAF from biogenic feedstock 7/29
- HAMR Energy announces plans for Australia’s first major methanol-to-jet fuel facility 7/29
- Johnson Matthey’s tech enables successful start-up of the world’s largest single-train methanol plant 7/29
- Clariant and Shanghai Boiler partner to develop green methanol/ammonia and SAF projects in China 7/29
- China ramps up exports of refined fuels as margins rise 7/29
- Baker Hughes to acquire Chart Industries for $13.6 B 7/29