Construction
ExxonMobil picks Technip for engineering on Texas lubricant base stock plant
ExxonMobil Chemical has selected Technip for engineering and management services on its grassroots lubricant base stock facility to be built at ExxonMobil’s integrated refinery and chemical plant complex in Baytown, Texas.
Jacobs wins Canadian oil sands engineering deals
Jacobs Engineering Group has received new contracts in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 from seven clients in the Alberta oil sands region of Canada to support steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and bitumen upgrading expansion projects. Officials estimate the combined total construction value of the awarded projects at more than $1.4 billion, the company said.
Axens to design, license technology to Iraq refinery
Iraq’s State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), part of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, has awarded Axens the basic design and license contracts for the construction of the new refinery in Nassiriya, Iraq.
Chevron greenlights Wheatstone LNG in Australia
Chevron announced on Monday that its Australian subsidiary will proceed with the construction of its $29 billion Wheatstone LNG project in Western Australia.
Fluor, NAEP awarded mine construction contract at Canada oil sands
North American Energy Partners (NAEP) has been awarded a $127 million heavy civil construction contract with Fluor Canada at Syncrude’s Base Mine. The new contract at Syncrude is the first of several large construction contracts to be let relating to the mine train relocations at Syncrude's Base and Aurora Mines.
UOP begins construction on Hawaii biofuels plant
Honeywell unit UOP has begun construction in Hawaii of a biofuels demonstration unit that will convert forest residuals, algae and other cellulosic biomass into green transportation fuels.
Jacobs wins FEED phase of clean fuels, aromatics project at Ras Tanura refinery
Jacobs Engineering Group said Tuesday that it has been awarded the second phase of the clean fuels and aromatics project at the Ras Tanura refinery. This award is under the Saudi Aramco general engineering and project management services (GES+) contract.
Petrobras awards Excelerate with Brazil FSRU deal for LNG delivery
Brazil-based oil major Petrobras has awarded Excelerate Energy with a deal to build an advanced floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU). This vessel, designated by Petrobras as VT3, will deliver 20 million cubic meters/day of natural gas to the southeast region of Brazil.
India ammonia group picks KBR for engineering, technology license
KBR was awarded a contract by Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) - a Jaypee Group company - to provide license and engineering design services for JAL’s brownfield 2,200 tpd ammonia plant in Kanpur, India.
Foster Wheeler awarded EPCm contract for Engen South Africa pipeline project
Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by Engen Petroleum for engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services for Engen’s new multi-products pipeline feeder lines and infrastructure project at the company’s Durban refinery in South Africa.
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- Eni strengthens its global LNG strategy with long-term supply agreements in Indonesia 5/22
- Breakthrough shows how electricity could replace heat to turn CO₂ into useful chemicals 5/22
- bp's Whiting Refinery offers revised proposal to union in ongoing talks 5/22
- Plains oil pipeline partly shut down after rupture in East Los Angeles (U.S.), could disrupt supplies to refineries 5/22
- Vitol moves to open Mexico fuel terminal years after bribery scandal 5/22
