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Baker Hughes awarded contract by Nigeria LNG

Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE: BHGE) has signed an agreement for the provision of Asset Performance Management (APM) software and services for LNG trains and related Balance of Plant (BoP) by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG). NLNG shareholders are Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (49%), Shell Gas B.V. (25.6%), Total Gaz Electricite Holdings France (15%), and...

L &T wins US$264m Kuwait pipeline contract

L&T’s Hydrocarbon Division has bagged a major pipeline contract with a value close to US$264m  from Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) for Engineering, Procurement and Construction of a new 48” Crude Transit Line (TL- 5) from North Kuwait to Ahmadi. The completion of the project is scheduled in the third quarter of 2020. The order was...

UK surveillance firm Synectics wins multiple Middle East contracts

Surveillance solutions business Synectics has secured multiple contracts for onshore and offshore oil and gas developments, spanning Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Iran. Encompassing a broad mix of Synectics’ surveillance and security management solutions, the contracts will see the business deploy over 700 COEX™ camera stations across the Middle East region – in a...

Ramboll wins $544m waterfront community role in Abu Dhabi

Ramboll has secured a major win as a lead consultant for IMKAN’s “Makers District” development in Abu Dhabi. The waterfront community comprises a mix of residential, hospitality, commercial and retail space spread across 18 hectares of land on Reem Island, and is set to become one of Abu Dhabi’s most iconic projects. Ramboll will provide...

Acwa consortium wins $3.8bn Dubai solar park project

An ACWA Power led consortium has been awarded the fourth phase of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, by far the largest single-site CSP plant in the world, which will provide reliable and dispatachable electricity to the emirate during the day and throughout the night just as a fossil fuel power plant does....

CIMIC’s Leighton Asia wins A$470m sewerage system project

CIMIC Group company, Leighton Asia, has been awarded a Deep Tunnel Sewerage System Phase 2 contract by PUB, Singapore’s national water agency. Revenue to Leighton Asia, which is part of CIMIC Group construction company CPB Contractors, is approximately A$470 million. Construction is scheduled to commence in October 2017 and complete by mid-2023.  CIMIC Group Chief...

KBR unit secure $441m contract for work in Djibouti and Kenya

KBR, Inc. announced that its global Government Services business, KBRwyle, has been awarded a $441 million contract for base operations support services by Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic. KBRwyle will perform these services primarily at Naval Support Facility Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, as well as at Chabelley Air Field in Djibouti and Camp Simba...

DONG wins UK contract to build world’s largest offshore wind farm

DONG Energy has been awarded a contract to build its Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm, at the lowest-ever price for offshore wind in the UK. At 57.50 £/MWh, the strike price for the Contract for Difference (CfD) is 50% lower than the previous round of CfD allocations just two years ago, demonstrating the rapid...

Baker Hughes win Zohr Gas Field work

Baker Hughes, a GE company, announced a major subsea contract from Petrobel for phase two of the “supergiant” Zohr Gas Field situated in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Egyptian coast. The project underscores the company’s position as the world’s first and only integrated fullstream provider of cutting-edge subsea technology, products, services and digital solutions. As...

Ichthys 5 year LNG contract goes to Wood Group

Wood Group has secured a new, five-year contract with INPEX Operations Australia Pty Ltd (‘INPEX Australia’) to provide subsea engineering services for the integrity of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project, offshore Western Australia. The operations of all subsea assets and the gas export pipeline will be supported under the contract which includes two, one-year extension...

Petrofac bag US$700 million Sakhalin work

Petrofac has been awarded a contract worth more than US$700 million by Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (Sakhalin Energy) for its onshore processing facility (OPF) on Sakhalin Island. The project comprises a lump-sum engineering, procurement and offshore fabrication component, as well as a reimbursable element for construction and site services. The scope of work includes...

BHGE awarded second major contract for Coral South FLNG

Baker Hughes, a GE company has announced a second major contract for Eni East Africa’s (EEA) Coral South FLNG development, offshore Mozambique, underlining the company’s position as the world’s first and only integrated fullstream provider of products, services and digital solutions that maximize productivity, efficiency and cost reduction. The contract was awarded in 2Q this...