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| AMEC Wins Petrochemical Project Management Contract | 01/11/2006 |
AMEC appointed by PetroChina Guangxi Petrochemical Company as project management contractor for development of US$1.6bn grassroots refinery in Qinzhou in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south-western China. AMEC's contract is worth US$16m.  |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded CFB Boiler Design and Supply Contract | 02/11/2006 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's two Chinese subsidiaries in its Global Power Group awarded contracts by a unit of the China Petrochemical Corporation (SINOPEC) to design and supply three 100 MWe circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) boilers for SINOPEC Tianjin Company's ethylene complex in Tianjin City, People's Republic of China. |
| Fluor Selected for FEED on Refinery Upgrade for BP | 02/11/2006 |
| Fluor awarded program management, construction management, and three major engineering and fabrication packages from BP Products North America Inc. for its $3 billion Canadian Heavy Crude Refinery Upgrade in Whiting, Indiana. Front-end engineering design is currently under way at Fluor's Sugar Land, Texas, office. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded FEED for Manifa Project | 03/11/2006 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's two subsidiaries in its Global Engineering and Construction Group, Foster Wheeler Energy Limited and Foster Wheeler Arabia Limited, awarded front-end engineering design (FEED) and project management services contract by Saudi Aramco for the Manifa Arabian Heavy Crude Program, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
| Eos JV Awarded FEED Contract for Pluto LNG Project | 06/11/2006 |
| Eos joint venture (50 percent WorleyParsons and 50 percent KBR) awarded front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for Pluto liquefied natural gas project's offshore production facility by Woodside Energy Ltd. Scope of work for Eos includes design of platform and system engineering for the offshore facility. |
| Westinghouse Subsidiary Wins Refueling Equipment Contract | 07/11/2006 |
| Westinghouse Electric Company subsidiary PaR Nuclear Inc. receives contract to provide refueling equipment upgrades for the units at Ulchin 3 & 4 in South Korea.
The contract award from Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Company, Ltd., owners of the plants includes modifications to the refueling machine, fuel transfer system, and spent fuel machine. |
| Eni and Çalik Sign Agreement with Indian Oil Company | 07/11/2006 |
| Eni and Çalik signed an agreement with Indian Oil Company Limited (IOCL) regarding its possible participation in the Turkish Straits bypass project along the Samsun-Ceyhan route. This route is considered the most convenient one from a commercial, environmental and technical point of view. |
| Marathon to Issue Request for Proposals Aimed at Canadian Oil Sands Venture | 07/11/2006 |
| Marathon Oil Corporation plans to issue a request for proposals (RFP) to engage interested parties in a process that could lead to a Canadian oil sands venture. The Company also announced that it has awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to Fluor Corporation for a proposed heavy oil upgrading project at the Company's 100,000 barrel per day (bpd) Detroit refinery, and that it is undertaking a feasibility study for a similar upgrading project at the Company's 222,000 bpd Catlettsburg, Ky., refinery. |
| CB&I Awarded Project in Middle East | 07/11/2006 |
| CB&I awarded engineering, procurement and construction contract in the Middle East valued at approximately US$400 million. CB&I's work scope for the project consists of the engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction of two storage facilities. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Wind Farm EPC Contract in Italy | 07/11/2006 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's Milan-based subsidiary Foster Wheeler Italiana S.p.A., part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, awarded engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Voreas S.r.l. for new wind farm at Pietramontecorvino, in Southern Italy. Foster Wheeler Italiana owns a 50 percent equity interest in Voreas. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded CFB Boiler Contract in Vietnam | 07/11/2006 |
| Foster Wheeler North America Corp., an operating unit of its Foster Wheeler Global Power Group, awarded contract by Harbin Power Engineering Company, Ltd. (HPE) for design of two 545 tons per hour sub-critical circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generators for Cam Pha Power Plant Power Project in Cam Pha, Vietnam. |
| Technip Awarded Contract for New Bioethanol Unit | 07/11/2006 |
| Technip awarded turnkey contract for construction of new bioethanol production unit by Ryssen, a subsidiary of the sugar producer Saint Louis Sucre. This new production unit will use Technip's proprietary technology and will be built in the port of Dunkirk. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded CEPSA Contract for New Refinery Units | 07/11/2006 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's Spanish subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Iberia, S.A., part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, awarded lump-sum contract by Compania Espanola de Petroleos, S.A. (CEPSA), one of the main Spanish refining companies, for front-end engineering design and early procurement services for new crude, vacuum and gas concentration units at La Rabida Refinery at Huelva, in Spain. |
| Ivanhoe Energy Appoints AMEC as Preferred Contractor | 09/11/2006 |
| Ivanhoe Energy Inc. signS Tier One agreement with AMEC for project management and engineering services for development and deployment of Ivanhoe Energy's proprietary, patented heavy oil upgrading technology (HTL) on a global basis. |
| ExxonMobil Chemical Plans Halobutyl Plant Expansion | 09/11/2006 |
| ExxonMobil Chemical planning major expansion of halobutyl manufacturing at its plant in Baytown, Texas. The U.S. facility will increase capacity to produce Exxon™ Bromobutyl rubber by 60 percent by modifying existing equipment and adding new equipment. The expansion is part of the company's commitment to satisfy strong demand and high growth in the global halobutyl rubber market and tire industry. Construction completion is anticipated during the second quarter of 2008. |
| Technip-Subsea 7 JV Awarded Subsea Installation Contract | 13/11/2006 |
| Technip and Subsea 7's Australian entities, Technip Oceania Pty Ltd and Subsea 7 Australia Pty Ltd, awarded subsea EPIC installation contract by BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd for the Stybarrow development project. Located in approximately 800 m of water off the North West shelf of Australia, Stybarrow will be the deepest subsea production system in Australia to date. The Joint Venture will perform the works from their offices in Perth, Western Australia. |
| Petrofac Awarded Lump Sum EPC Contract by Khalda Petroleum | 14/11/2006 |
| Petrofac awarded US$200 million lump sum engineering, procurement and construction contract by Khalda Petroleum Company to build new gas processing facility at Salam area in Egypt. KPC is a joint venture company between Apache Corporation and Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation. |
| Chevron Seeks Permit for Refinery Expansion | 15/11/2006 |
| Chevron U.S.A. Inc. submitts environmental permit application to Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for construction of major gasoline production unit, along with other minor units, at its refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi, that could potentially further increase gasoline production at the refinery by roughly 15 percent. |
| Petrofac Awarded Hasdrubal Gas Plant Contract in Tunisia | 15/11/2006 |
| Petrofac awarded US$400 million lump sum turnkey contract by BG Tunisia Limited (BGT*) and Entreprise Tunisienne D'Activités Pétrolières (ETAP), the Tunisian state-owned oil and gas exploration and production company, to build the new Hasdrubal onshore gas processing facility and the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) production facility. The facility will be located on the Tunisian coast between La Skhira and Sfax in Tunisia and is scheduled for completion in 2009. |
| The Andersons, Inc. and Marathon to Build Greenville Ethanol Plant | 20/11/2006 |
| Marathon Oil Corporation and The Andersons, Inc. to immediately begin construction of ethanol plant located in Greenville, Ohio. The Greenville site will be the first to be constructed by The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between The Andersons, Inc. and Marathon Petroleum Company LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation. |
| TransCanada's Halton Hills Generating Station Bid Gets Green Light | 20/11/2006 |
| TransCanada Corporation awarded a 20-year Clean Energy Supply contract by Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to build, own and operate 683 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired power plant near the Town of Halton Hills, Ontario. TransCanada expects to invest approximately $670 million in Halton Hills Generating Station (HHGS) anticipated to be in service in second quarter of 2010. |
| ABB Signs Frame Agreements for Pearl GTL Project | 20/11/2006 |
| ABB sign frame agreements with Shell and Qatar Petroleum to supply equipment for Pearl GTL, the world's largest Gas to Liquids (GTL) complex at Ras Laffan, Qatar. As part of a contract booked in the third quarter, ABB will supply all of the Pearl GTL plant's switchgear (132 kilovolt (kV), 33kV, 11/6.6kV and low voltage) as well as the electrical control system. |
| QEDi Secures £100M Kazakhstan Contract | 20/11/2006 |
| QEDi awarded contract in Kazakhstan - worth more than £100m. 'Specialist Commissioning Services' contract with Kazakhstan-based Caspian Technical Resources (CTR) expected to last 3-5 years. QEDi now recruiting further 300 experienced personnel, most of whom will work in the region. |
| Technip Awarded Spar Hull and Mooring Contract | 22/11/2006 |
| Technip awarded contract by Shell Offshore Inc. to provide the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a Spar(1) hull and mooring system for the Perdido Regional Host Project. This project is located in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 200 miles south of Freeport (Texas). |
| Acergy S.A. Awarded Contract by BG Tunisia For Miskar Field | 23/11/2006 |
| Acergy S.A. awarded contract by BG Tunisia Ltd for construction work on Miskar field offshore Tunisia. Contract is for installation, tie-in and commissioning of two 3 kilometre 10 inch diameter pipelines, together with a well control umbilical and riser, to tie back three subsea wells to the Miskar A platform. |
| Technip Awarded Diesel Oil Hydrosulphurization Unit Contract | 23/11/2006 |
| Technip awarded contract for construction of new diesel oil hydrodesulphurization(*) unit in its refinery in Plock, in the center of Poland. Technip's operations and engineering centre in Rome will execute the project that includes licence, basic and detail engineering, procurement and supply of equipment and materials, supervision of construction, precommissioning and commissioning, start-up and test runs. |
| Contract Signed For Gjøa Semisubmersible Platform | 23/11/2006 |
| Statoil and Aker Kværner sign contract worth approximately NOK 8 billion for semisubmersible platform to be located at the Gjøa field offshore Norway. Scope of work performed by Aker Kvaerner will be detail design of topside and hull, procurement, construction and hook-up of topside, and mating of topside and hull. |
| SNC Lavalin Signs EPC Contract For New Aluminum Smelter | 24/11/2006 |
| SNC-Lavalin signs contract with state-owned Qatar Petroleum and Hydro Aluminium a.s. to carry out engineering, procurement and construction of the Services' Area and Potroom Building of a new aluminum smelter (Qatalum) in Mesaieed, Qatar. |
| Jacobs Receives Two Contracts From Bayernoil | 29/11/2006 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that a subsidiary company received two separate contracts from Bayernoil. Under one contract, Jacobs will provide a range of engineering services to help upgrade Bayernoil's refineries in Germany as part of a major restructuring program. |
| Technip Awarded Contract For Vincent Field Project | 29/11/2006 |
| Technip awarded contract by Woodside Energy Ltd for supply and installation of subsea facilities in connection with the development of the Vincent field. This field is located approximately 60 km north of Exmouth, off the Western Australian coast, in water depths ranging from 350 to 420 m. |
| Fluor Wins Contract For Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Complex | 29/11/2006 |
| Fluor selected to provide engineering, procurement services and construction management for utilities and offsite (U&O) facilities for Saudi Kayan's petrochemical complex in Al-Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Fluor was selected in June 2005 to provide front-end engineering and design and project management consultancy services for the complex. The project is a joint venture between Saudi Basic Industries Corp. and Al-Kayan. |
| Vetco Aibel Awarded Kollsnes Gas Processing Plant Contract | 30/11/2006 |
| Contract for upgrading the Kollsnes gas processing plant near Bergen awarded to Vetco Aibel by Statoil on behalf of operator Gassco. Job covers engineering, installation/construction and commissioning of a new compressor for gas from the condensate plant, and a new condensate train. |
| Veolia Environnement and Total To Build and Operate Used Oil Recycling Plant | 30/11/2006 |
| Veolia Environnement and Total announce Osilub, a joint venture to develop a sustainable used motor oil recycling business. As part of this initiative, Osilub will build a 120,000-metric-ton-per-year plant in Grand-Quevilly in the autonomous port zone of Rouen, France, to re-refine used motor oil into reusable petroleum products, including base stock of the same high quality as virgin oil. |
| E.ON Planning Wind Farm In North Sea | 04/12/2006 |
| E.ON plan to build large offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Announced by the company today at the 5th Maritime Conference of the German Environment Ministry in Hamburg, the wind farm will be built roughly 40 kilometers (approx. 25 miles) to the northwest of the East Frisian island of Juist. |
| ICA Fluor Signs Contract to Build Offshore Living Quarters Module | 05/12/2006 |
| ICA Fluor announces US$90 million contract for modular construction of offshore living quarters for PEMEX Exploration and Production. The quarters can house up to 150 people and will be built in Veracruz State, Mexico. The facility will be located in the Gulf of Mexico to serve several offshore fields, such as Cantarell, Ku-Maloob-Zap. |
| New Biodiesel Contracts for Technip | 06/12/2006 |
| Technip awarded two turnkey contracts by Diester Industrie for two new biodiesel(*) process production units in France, based on the Axens process. The first contract is for the construction of a new production unit in the Bassens port zone near Bordeaux. The second contract will double the existing biodiesel production capacity of the Grand-Couronne plant, located near the city of Rouen. |
| Jacobs Receives Greenfield Chemical Project From DSM | 07/12/2006 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group subsidiary company receives contract from DSM to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services for new manufacturing facility, named the "UH2 Project," at the Chemelot site in Geleen, The Netherlands. |
| Statoil To Deliver Subsea Systems For Gjøa | 07/12/2006 |
| As development operator for North Sea Gjøa field, Statoil signs contract with FMC Technologies for delivery of subsea systems to Gjøa on behalf of the licence partners. FMC Technologies will deliver 14 Xmas trees and five subsea templates with manifolds. The contract also includes production control systems, workover systems for well interventions and an option for umbilicals. |
| E.ON Builds Modern CCGT Plant In Hungary | 07/12/2006 |
| E.ON will build modern, environmentally sound combined-cycle gas turbine plant in the Hungarian city of Gönyü. The plant is expected to come on stream in 2010 with a capacity of 400 megawatts. With an efficiency of 58 percent, Gönyü will be one of the world's most efficient power plants and meet the most stringent environmental standards. |
| Total Finalises Acquisition of 16.7% of Second Train of Qatargas II | 11/12/2006 |
| Total announces the signing of the final agreement formalising the acquisition by Total of a 16.7% equity participating interest in the second train of Qatargas II. This agreement follows the signature of sale and purchase agreements under which Total will purchase up to 5.2 million metric tonnes of LNG per year from Qatargas II for a period of 25 years. |
| Technip Awarded Sonangol Contract for Gimboa Field Project | 13/12/2006 |
| Technip awarded Sonangol P&P contract worth approximately $70 million for Gimboa field development. The Gimboa field is located 85 km offshore the Angolan cost, in the block 4, in 680 m water depth. Norsk Hydro, ACR (Angola Consulting Resources) and SOMOIL (Sociedade Petrolefira Angolana) are also partners of the project. |
| Jacobs Receives Schwarz Pharma Contract | 13/12/2006 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group subsidiary receives contract to provide engineering and procurement for development of new active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing facility at Schwarz Pharma's manufacturing site in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland. The Fesoterodine Project requires modification to the existing process equipment along with procurement of new equipment for the existing building and an extension to the north side of the production building. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded Gas Separation Plant Contract | 14/12/2006 |
| Foster Wheeler Ltd's subsidiary, Foster Wheeler International Corporation (Thailand Branch), part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) and project management consultancy (PMC) contract by PTT Public Company Ltd. for its sixth gas separation plant, GSP6, which will be located at Rayong, Thailand. |
| Jacobs Receives Borealis Contract for Polymer Facility in Germany | 14/12/2006 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group subsidiary receives contract from Borealis to provide engineering, design, and construction management services for a polymer production facility in Burghausen, Germany which is scheduled for commissioning in 2007. Jacobs is executing the work from its office in Leiden, the Netherlands, in collaboration with their affiliate, Neste Jacobs, in Porvoo, Finland. |
| Technip Awarded Bass Lite Development Contract | 14/12/2006 |
| Technip awarded contract by Mariner Energy, Inc. for fabrication and installation of subsea flowline(1) and risers(2) for the Bass Lite development in the Gulf of Mexico.
The contract includes engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of a steel flowline. Detailed engineering and project management will be performed at Technip's operations and engineering center in Houston, Texas. Assembly of the flowline and SCRs will take place at Technip's spoolbase located in Mobile, Alabama. |
| Westinghouse / Shaw Consortium Selected for China Nuclear New Build Program | 19/12/2006 |
| Shaw Group Inc. announces that the People's Republic of China's State Nuclear Power Technology Company (SNPTC) has selected the Westinghouse/Shaw Consortium and Westinghouse's AP1000 passive Generation III technology as the basis for four new nuclear power plants to be constructed in China. The AP1000 Consortium will begin working closely with SNPTC to negotiate final contract details with implementation of the new build program expected to begin in early 2007. |
| Technip Awarded Contract for Cracking Furnaces for Steamcracker | 19/12/2006 |
| Technip awarded contract by Map Ta Phut Olefins Co. Ltd. (MOC, a joint venture between Siam Cement Group and DOW Chemicals) for construction of the furnace section of a steamcracker located in Map Ta Phut, Thailand. The lumpsum turnkey contract, worth approximately $150 million, covers basic and detailed engineering, procurement and supply of materials, construction, pre-commissioning, and training of the owner's personnel. |
| Foster Wheeler Awarded CFB Boiler Island in Brazil | 19/12/2006 |
| Foster Wheeler Energia Oy, part of Foster Wheeler Ltd's Global Power Group, awarded contract by Votorantim Metais Niquel S.A. (VMN) to design and supply a circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) boiler island adjacent to VMN's plant located in Acampamento Macedo, Niquelandia city near Brazilia, Brazil's capital. |
| AMEC Berca Indonesia Wins Oil & Gas Engineering Contracts | 19/12/2006 |
| AMEC Berca Indonesia (ABI), AMEC's wholly Indonesian joint venture company with CCM Group, based in Jakarta, awarded two oil and gas engineering contracts in Indonesia.
The first is for Premier Oil Natuna Sea BV, who will be carrying out production capacity enhancement and upgrade projects to its West Natuna facilities. ABI's scope of work will include provision of basic and detailed brownfield engineering services. The second contract is for onshore engineering and design work on TOTAL E&P Indonesie's Tatun Oily Water Platform. |
| Jacobs Receives Engineering Services Agreement From DuPont | 29/12/2006 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group subsidiary receives a contract from DuPont de Nemours Deutschland GmbH (DuPont) to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management services (EPCM) under an Engineering Services Agreement (ESA) for DuPont's operations in Germany and Luxembourg. |
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