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Engineering & Design

How would you rate leadership of your capital projects?

Consultant: Patty, R. M.  |  Denton, M. A.

To achieve substantially improved benchmarks in project performance, profound change is needed

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.

Slurry-phase hydrocracking—possible solution to refining margins

Opportunity crudes require more hydrogen addition to upgrade orphan product streams into higher-value ‘clean’ products

Convert bottom-of-the-barrel into diesel and light olefins

Lummus Technology: Sieli, G.  |  Rama Rao, M.  |  Soni, D.
Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.: Bhattacharyya, D.

Integrating residue hydrocracking operations with advanced fluid catalytic cracking optimizes upgrading of heavy crude oils

What are the future fungible transportation fuels?

Foster Wheeler, Reading: Stockle, M.

Alternatives hold promises to decrease dependence on crude oil, but they also uncover other challenges in distribution and engine use