Engineering & Design
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.
Shaw Group, EBSE to form Brazil manufacturing JV
Engineering major The Shaw Group will form a new joint venture between its fabrication and manufacturing unit and Empresa Brasileira de Solda Eletrica S.A. (EBSE), a leading manufacturer and fabricator in Brazil.
Fluor wins engineering deal on new Canada refinery
Fluor was awarded a contract by the North West Redwater Partnership to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for a new refinery project in Alberta, Canada. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the third quarter of 2011.
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.
Technip wins Brazil fertilizer plant engineering deal
Technip was awarded a contract for providing basic and front-end engineering services on Petrobras’ grassroots fertilizer complex to be located at Uberaba, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The deal was awarded within the framework of a cooperation partnership with Haldor Topsoe, Technip officials said.
Technip to engineer Gabon ammonia-urea project
Gabon Fertilizers awarded France-based Technip with a strategic engineering contract for a world class grassroots ammonia-urea fertilizer project to be developed at Port Gentil, Gabon.
Foster Wheeler wins EPC deal for Sasol expansion in South Africa
Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by Sasol to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services for the Sasolburg utilities expansion project at Sasolburg, South Africa.
Huntsman plots expansion for US epoxy resins
US-based chemicals major Huntsman has begun initial plans to expand its epoxy resins product lines by launching a multi-million dollar engineering study at its facility in McIntosh, Alabama.
Dow to use AspenTech engineering software on petrochemical projects
US software and services provider Aspen Technology (AspenTech) said that Dow Chemical is using its aspenOne engineering software to guide capital-cost decisions on large-scale petrochemicals projects.
Foster Wheeler wins engineering design deal for hydrogen unit at Kazakhstan refinery
Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract for the basic engineering design of a new hydrogen production unit, based on the company’s Terrace-Wall steam reforming technology, to be built at the Atyrau refinery in Kazakhstan.
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