Project Management
Chevron awards $65mn contract to KBR for base oil expansion at Mississippi refinery
KBR has been awarded a $65mn contract for a base oil expansion project at Chevron’s refinery in Pascagoula, Miss., the global engineering and construction firm announced on Wednesday.
Technip awarded design contract for Canada oil sands project
Technip subsidiary KTI Corp. was awarded a purchase order by Snamprogetti Canada to design and supply 10 once through steam generation (OTSG) units for the first phase of the Sunrise energy project in Canada.
Fluor office in Houston sets milestone with 100 mn safe hours
Fluor Corp. announced today that its Houston, Texas, office recently achieved the significant safety milestone of 100 million safe work hours without a lost-time incident.
Technip awarded EPC contract for Petrobras refinery in Brazil
Brazilian energy major Petrobras awarded Technip, in consortium with Tomé Engenharia, a lump sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for five new units at the Presidente Bernardes refinery in Cubatão, state of São Paulo.
KBR names executives in Hydrocarbons, Oil & Gas, Operations businesses
KBR today announced the executive appointments of Roy Oelking, Dennis Calton and John Rose within its leadership organization.
URS acquires civil engineering firm BP Barber
URS Corp. today announced it has acquired BP Barber, a privately-held civil engineering firm specializing in water and wastewater infrastructure and headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina.
Technip awarded project management contract for China chemical plant
Bluestar Adisseo Nanjing awarded French firm Technip a detailed engineering, procurement and project management services contract for a methionine plant in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
KBR inks engineering contract with Saudi Aramco
KBR today announced that its newly-established Middle East-based engineering company has been awarded an engineering and project management services contract from the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) as part of its general engineering services plus (GES+) initiative.
Statoil awards contract to Foster Wheeler for Snøhvit development project in Norway
Foster Wheeler announced today that a subsidiary of its global engineering and construction group has received a contract from Statoil Petroleum AS for the pre-front-end engineering (pre-FEED) for the Snøhvit future development project at Statoil’s Melkøya-based LNG facility on Melkøya Island.
IPIC proceeds with plan for $3bn UAE refinery, gives engineering deal to Shaw
International Petroleum Investment Co. (IPIC) announced that it is proceeding with the implementation of a 200,000 bbl/day refinery at Fujairah, at an estimated cost of $3 billion.
- YPF, Eni and XRG sign joint development agreement advancing 12-MMtpy Argentina LNG project 2/12
- Maire launches new technology to produce PTMEG, the key polymer composing the spandex fiber. 2/12
- Verde Clean Fuels announces suspension of development of Permian Basin gas-to-gasoline project 2/12
- Global shipping industry sticks with green investments, despite carbon price delay 2/12
- GTT receives order from Samsung Heavy Industries for the tank design of two new very large ethane carriers 2/11
- Emerson introduces hybrid continuous gas analyzer for improved regulatory compliance and emissions control 2/11

