Construction
Jacobs recruited for new Serbian hydrogen plant
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a contract from Heurtey Petrochem SA, France to provide engineering services for a new hydrogen plant generation unit at the Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) refinery. The NIS refinery is located in Pancevo, Serbia and is under a license from Haldor Topsoe
ABB to fix the juice at Saudi petrochem complex
ABB has won a $20 million contract from Saudi Petrochemical Co. (Sadaf) to implement a power factor correction and power management solution at the company’s Jubail manufacturing complex.
Financing secured for new Egyptian refinery
The Egyptian Refining Co. (ERC) has signed a debt package of $2.6 billion to finance construction of its $3.7 billion second-stage oil refinery in the greater Cairo area of Egypt.
Shaw on board for base oils plant in Abu Dhabi
The Shaw Group Inc. has a contract with Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co. (Takreer) to provide project management consultancy services during the engineering, procurement and construction phase of a base oils plant at the Ruwais Industrial Complex in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Flowserve green lit for Saudi Aramco’s Yanbu' project
Flowserve Corp. has received final approval from Saudi Aramco on a master purchase agreement to supply pumps, valves and services for the Yanbu' export refinery project (YERP).
Eastman to expand hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin production
Eastman Chemical Co. plans to expand production of hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins at both its Middelburg, The Netherlands, and Longview, Texas, facilities.
Shaw selected to assist at Adana Dogu Akdeniz refinery in Turkey
The Shaw Group Inc. has been awarded a contract by Dogu Akdeniz Petrokimya ve Rafineri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (DAPRAS), a subsidiary of Çal k Enerji, to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services for a grassroots refinery in Yumurtalk located in the Ceyhan region of Turkey on the eastern Mediterranean coast.
Siemens to work on NGL plant in UAE
Siemens Energy has been awarded a $40 million project in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to engineer and supply an integrated power solution for a natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation plant. The customer is a joint venture between Petrofac and GS E&C on behalf of Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (GASCO), responsible for the fractionation of natural and associated gas from onshore oil operations in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Siemens will be the main electrical contractor for GASCO’s Ruwais 4th NGL train, located in the city of Ruwais, UAE. The train is scheduled to go into operation in March 2012.
Aramco, Total sign Jubail refinery financing
SAUDI Aramco and Total have closed a low-cost, $8.5bn project financing for Saudi Arabia's Jubail export refinery. Signed in late June, the deal – the first project financing in Saudi Arabia to feature an Islamic bond – was comfortably oversubscribed, receiving commitments for over $13.5bn. The financing covers 70% of the total project cost; the remainder will be funded directly by the sponsors, working together as Saudi Aramco Total Refining & Petrochemical's (Satorp), of which Aramco holds 62.5% and Total the remainder.
Jacobs receives contract for European copolymer manufacturing facility
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a contract with The Dow Chemical Co. to provide engineering and construction management services for the expansion of Dow’s facility in Fombio, Italy. The expansion will accommodate the manufacturing of uniform particle size (UPS) copolymers to be used in ion exchange resins.
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