Project Management
Algenol begins construction on Florida bio-refinery
Algenol Biofuels has broken ground on construction of its pilot-scale integrated bio-refinery, which will include the first large-scale deployment of Algenol's patented Direct To Ethanol technology to produce ethanol directly from carbon dioxide, sunlight and salt water using blue-green algae in patented photobioreactors (PBRs).
Arkema picks Jacobs for engineering, construction on US petrochemical projects
Jacobs Engineering has received a contract from Arkema to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services for two projects at its complex in Clear Lake, Texas. The first is for an acrylic acid expansion and the second a methyl acrylate project, company officials said.
Foster Wheeler inks deal in India to design, supply CFB steam generators
Global construction major Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by Essar Projects, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) company, to design and supply four circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generators for Essar Power Salaya in India - the owner and developer of the project. Foster Wheeler has received a full notice to proceed on this contract, it said.
Foster Wheeler wins top British safety award
Global engineering and construction major Foster Wheeler has won the Five Star Health and Safety Management System Audit Award from the British Safety Council for the performance of the company’s UK-headquartered operation in Reading. The award follows a Five Star audit, in which the British Safety Council reviewed the health and safety performance of FWEL’s Reading home office operation, the company said.
ExxonMobil picks Technip for engineering on Texas lubricant base stock plant
ExxonMobil Chemical has selected Technip for engineering and management services on its grassroots lubricant base stock facility to be built at ExxonMobil’s integrated refinery and chemical plant complex in Baytown, Texas.
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.
Foster Wheeler wins management deal for Egypt compression project
Foster Wheeler has received a contract from Apache Khalda Corp. to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services to oversee the front-end engineering design (FEED) for the Qasr compression project in Egypt.
Chevron greenlights Wheatstone LNG in Australia
Chevron announced on Monday that its Australian subsidiary will proceed with the construction of its $29 billion Wheatstone LNG project in Western Australia.
Axens technology picked for Saudi Aramco refinery
Axens' technologies have been selected by Saudi Aramco for use in its Jazan refinery and terminal project, the company said on Friday. The refinery, scheduled to be commissioned in December 2016, will have a capacity of 400,000 bpd.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they targeted petrochemical facilities in the Gulf 4/6
- Damietta Green Ammonia completes pre-FEED for $873-MM, 150,000-tpy green ammonia facility 4/6
- EIB and Eni sign €500-MM in financing for new biorefinery in Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi 4/6
- India's Reliance buys Venezuelan oil directly from PDVSA 4/6
- Japan to boost intermediate chemical imports amid tighter naphtha supply 4/6
- Five EU countries call for windfall tax on energy companies 4/6
