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CarillionJV secures £240m Oman contract

Carillion Alawi, a 50:50 Joint Venture with the Zawawi family, has signed a letter of award with the Oman Ministry of Health as the preferred bidder in respect of the design and build of the New Sultan Qaboos Hospital in Salalah. The contract has an estimated value of c£240 million to the Joint Venture. The...

Petra wins 5-year MCM contract from Petronas

Petra Resources Sdn Bhd (“Petra Resources” or “the Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of integrated brown field services provider Petra Energy Berhad, was recently awarded the Provision of Maintenance, Construction and Modification (MCM) services under Package B (Offshore) Sabah (“the Contract”) by PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (”PETRONAS Carigali”). The duration of the Contract will be for...

AGDC, PetroVietnam Gas ink LNG deal to supply Vietnam

Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) and PetroVietnam Gas (PVGAS) today signed a memorandum of understanding setting forth the basic principles to collaborate on potential opportunities of LNG supply from AGDC to serve LNG import projects in Vietnam and to evaluate the possibility of upstream resourceminvestment in Alaska. The agreement was signed in Hanoi, Vietnam by...

Balfour Beatty selected for $581m Texas scheme

Balfour Beatty has been selected by the Texas Facilities Commission (TFC) as the construction manager-agent (CMA) for the first phase of the $581 million State of Texas Capitol Complex Master Plan. The project is divided into six packages: excavations, utility relocations, central utility plant tunnels, two new office buildings, a new underground parking garage, and...

McDermott Awarded Major EPCI Contract in Middle East

McDermott International, Inc. has announced a major* contract award from a Middle East customer for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services offshore in the Arabian Gulf. “McDermott continues to receive considerable projects in the Middle East. This award signifies our long-standing position and strong relationships with our Middle East customers,” said Linh Austin, McDermott...

SSH win Oman 5-star resort construction supervision contract

SSH is providing construction supervision services for the planned Dhofar Beach Resort development in Salalah, Oman, for client Taameer Investment, one of the sultanate’s leading investment companies with investments across various sectors, including real estate. Taameer’s hotel project is a five-star beachfront resort complex with a total built-up area of approximately 80,000 sqm. The resort...

WorleyParsons awarded offshore Indian gas development work

WorleyParsons has been awarded a contract by Reliance Industries for project management consultancy (PMC) services for development of the R-Series gas field (D34) in the Krishna Godavari basin off the East coast of India. The field is located in water depths between 1800 and 2150 metres approximately 70 kilometres offshore. The services will be led...

Hill secures US$4.4m Cairo Metro Project

Hill International has received a contract from the European Investment Bank, financed under the European Union’s Neighbourhood Investment Facility, to provide project management and technical assistance support services for the Cairo Metro – Line 3 project. The six-year contract has an estimated value to Hill of approximately USD4.4 million. The Egyptian National Authority for Tunnels...

TechnipFMC win Malaysian subsea contract

TechnipFMC  has been awarded a subsea contract by Murphy Sabah Oil for the Phase 1A Block H Gas Development Project. The project is located in offshore Sabah, Malaysia, at a water depth of approximately 1,300 meters. This contract covers the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) of the umbilicals, risers and flowlines as well...

KBR lands mega Abu Dhabi gas project contract

KBR announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide Engineering Support Services for Operations for Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company (Al Hosn Gas), a 60/40 joint venture of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Occidental of Abu Dhabi Ltd. (Oxy). Under the terms of the contract, they will provide personnel, equipment and...

McDermott confirms EPCI Middle East Contract

McDermott International, Inc. announced a letter of award for a significant* contract for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services for an offshore Middle East redevelopment project. They plan to fabricate and install four wellhead topsides, a manifold platform and jacket together with associated subsea pipelines and brownfield tie-in works. The combined total weight...

KBR wins Jordan Petroleum refinery project deal

KBR, Inc. announced that it has entered into an Engineering Agreement for the Residue Hydroprocessing unit at the Jordan Petroleum Refinery (JPRC) Expansion Project. This award follows an earlier decision for KBR as selected licensor for its proprietary Veba Combi Cracking (VCC) technology. KBR will provide the basic design package for the unit using its...