Management
Baker Hughes selected by Terra to manage Russia oil and gas assets
Terra Resources, a London-based independent oil and gas firm, said Wednesday that it had picked Baker Hughes to manage the development of its oil and gas assets in Russia.
Jacobs wins global services deal from petroleum additives firm Infineum
Jacobs Engineering Group was awarded a contract from Infineum, a world class formulator, manufacturer and marketer of petroleum additives, for a master services agreement for the company's operations in Europe, Asia and North America.
Fluor reports record backlog of orders, sees new Q1 projects nearly double from 2010
Fluor reported a record backlog of orders on Friday, saying that new project awards in the company’s first quarter nearly doubled year-earlier levels. The US-based contractor noted the growth in orders as part of its first-quarter earnings, which saw profit climb 2.3% to $140mn amid strength in the company’s industrial and infrastructure business.
Construction markets show promise, poised for second-half recovery – Foster Wheeler
Global engineering and construction (E&C) markets are showing signs of strengthening, with industry revenues likely to rise in the second half of 2011, the interim chief executive of contractor Foster Wheeler said on Tuesday.
Foster Wheeler promotes Nield to vice president of project risk management group
Global engineering and construction contractor Foster Wheeler announced that Jon Nield, 47, has been promoted to vice president of the company’s project risk management group (PMRG), effective immediately.
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
Fluor Offshore Solutions, a unit of Fluor Corp., has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by Woodside for the Browse liquefied natural gas (LNG) development. The Browse fiel..
Technip awarded EPC contract for Petrobras refinery in Brazil
Brazilian energy major Petrobras awarded Technip, in consortium with Tomé Engenharia, a lump sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for five new units at the Presidente Bernardes refinery in Cubatão, state of São Paulo.
KBR names executives in Hydrocarbons, Oil & Gas, Operations businesses
KBR today announced the executive appointments of Roy Oelking, Dennis Calton and John Rose within its leadership organization.
URS to provide services to BP’s Whiting refinery
URS Corp. today announced that it has been awarded a contract by BP Products North America Inc. to provide construction maintenance services, including electrical, mechanical, piping, instrumentation and civil works to the Whiting refinery in Whiting, Indiana.
Better control-loop management lowers energy costs
This petrochemical producer found improved output and became more energy efficient through new software
- Shell flags chemicals and products unit loss, raising doubts over $3.5 B buyback 1/8
- Saudi's SABIC sells assets in Europe, Americas worth $950 MM 1/8
- Outokumpu to collaborate with Norsk e-Fuel to convert carbon side streams into eSAF 1/8
- Haffner Energy and IGNIS P2X launch bio/eSAF project AeroVerde in Spain 1/8
- Faerch advances circular packaging leadership with growing rPET volumes from Cirrec 1/8
- Aether Fuels receives millions of additional funding to accelerate SAF production in Singapore 1/8
