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Energy management toolkit available soon

The US Department of Energy’s Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) is in the process of developing the Energy Management Toolkit.

Foster Wheeler and consortium partners sign GES+ contract with Saudi Aramco

Foster Wheeler AG announced that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group together with the subsidiary’s consortium partners comprising A. Al-Saihati, A. Fattani & O. Al-Othman Consulting Engineering Co., (SOFCON) and Saudi Consolidated Engineering Company- Khatib & Alami (SCEC K&A) have signed a contract with Saudi Aramco for the provision of services associated with Saudi Aramco’s General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) initiative for a duration of five years with options available for extensions.

Foster Wheeler studying ZADCO in the UAE

Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has received a contract from Zakum Development Company (ZADCO), to perform an availability and reliability study in connection with the expansion of the Zirku oil processing facilities in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Saudi Aramco awards EPM contracts to consortiums

Saudi Aramco has signed two engineering and project management services contracts as part of its General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) initiative.

Contract issued for Saudi polyamide 6.6 plant

Jacobs Engineering Group announced today that it signed a contract in December 2010 with the Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SIIG) and Arabian Chevron Phillips Petrochemical Co. (ACP) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for a polyamide 6.6 manufacturing plant and a number of polymer conversion projects.

Shaw pegged for ethylene plant expansion

The Shaw Group Inc. has been awarded a contract by Qatar Petrochemical Co. Ltd. QSC (QAPCO) to provide basic engineering services for the expansion of a 720 ktpy ethylene plant in Mesaieed, Qatar. The project will provide the design needed for expanding the plant's capacity by up to 25%.

Mubarak exits stage right

What will this mean for IOCs doing business in the region?

KBR awarded FEED and PMS contracts for Jazan refinery

KBR has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED), and project management services (PMS) for its grassroots Jazan refinery, an anticipated 400,000 bpd facility to be located in Jazan, Saudi Arabia.

Specialty plastics unit to be built in Abu Dhabi

Borouge has awarded a contract worth $169 million to Hyundai Engineering and Construction of South Korea to build a cross-linkable polyethylene (XLPE) unit at its petrochemical plant in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

CITGO starts up Corpus Christi ULSD unit

CITGO Petroleum has completed the construction and startup of a 42,500 bpd unit utilizing the latest technology to produce ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD) at its Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery.