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Saipem awarded $370m offshore work

Eni Angola S.p.A. has awarded Saipem work orders in relation to the West Hub Development project as an addition to those previously assigned during 2016 and 2017. The work, which will be performed by the E&C Offshore division, encompasses the construction and subsequent installation in deep waters of umbilicals, risers and flowlines (Deep Water SURF)...

Vinci wins $69 million Vietnamese pipleline contract

Vinci Construction subsidiaries, Vinci Construction Grands Projets and Bessac (Soletanche Bachy) have won the contract to design and build a 10 km treated water transmission pipeline to supply the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, the economic capital of Vietnam. The project is funded by the Asian Development Bank and Sawaco (Saigon Water Corporation) as...

Pöyry win Shoaiba 4 desalination plant contract, Saudi Arabia

The Saline Water Conversion Company (SWCC) has awarded Pöyry with the owner’s engineer services assignment for the Shoaiba 4 desalination plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Shoaiba 4 will meet the potable water requirements of Saudi Arabia’s second largest city and its five million people. Using reverse osmosis membranes, Shoaiba 4 will process up...

AGR announces jobs boost and multi million pound contracts

Leading global energy services and software provider AGR is enjoying a strong 2017 and a positive outlook for next year, having secured contracts worth over £6 million in the North Sea and internationally, and recruiting more than 20 engineers and operational experts. In the midst of “the hardest industry recession ever” due to a prolonged...

Enoc awards pipeline deal for Jebel Ali refinery expansion

Enoc Group awarded the final contract of three packages that comprise its US$1 billion refinery expansion programme to Overseas-AST. The Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract includes the construction of various interconnecting pipelines between the refinery’s processing units, the storage tanks and the berth facilities within Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA). The pipelines, which range...

Drake & Scull secures AED 175 million deal in Dubai

Drake & Scull International PJSC, has confirmed that its general contracting subsidiary, Gulf Technical Construction Company (GTCC), has been awarded an AED 175 million contract by Orion Real Estate Development L.L.C. to build the latter’s latest project, the West Bay residential tower located at Dubai’s Business Bay. The scope of work includes construction, civil engineering,...

AusGroup JV wins $165m Ichthys LNG contract extension

AusGroup Limited is pleased to announce that AMJV, a joint venture between AusGroup subsidiary AGC Industries Pty Ltd and Meisei Industrial Co. Ltd, has been awarded an extension of works on the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project by JKC Australia LNG Pty Ltd (“JKC”). The scope of work for the initial subcontract, awarded in 2014, has...

Amec Foster Wheeler JV enters Australian petrochemicals market

Clough AMEC has won a landmark contract to provide maintenance services to ammonia facilities in Western Australia that supply international and domestic fertiliser markets and explosives used in the mining industry. The five-year deal, with an option to extend to 2027, is Clough AMEC’s first entry into Australia’s petrochemicals sector. The JV will provide maintenance...

Saipem win US$850M Onshore E&C contract in Kuwait

Saipem has been awarded a new contract in the onshore E&C sector worth approximately 850 million USD. Activities involve engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning for the “Feed Pipelines for New Refinery Project (NRP)” in relation to the development of the new Al Zour refinery located in the south of Kuwait. The contract has been awarded...

KBR chosen for new Abu Dhabi FEED deal

KBR announced  it has been awarded a Project Management Services (PMC) contract by OMV Offshore Abu Dhabi GmbH on behalf of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) for management of the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) phase of the Hail & Ghasha Development project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. KBR will also perform PMC...

CB&I wins Storage Project in Saudi Arabia

CB&I announced it has been awarded a contract by Técnicas Reunidas, S.A. for new product storage tanks that will be part of a clean fuels expansion project at Saudi Aramco’s refinery in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia. CB&I’s scope includes the engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction of nine flat bottom tanks, as well as modifications to...

Petrofac awarded Duqm Refinery project Oman

Petrofac, in a 50/50 joint venture with Samsung Engineering, has received notification of intent to award a contract worth approximately US$2 billion with Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries LLC (DRPIC) in the southern part of Oman. Work on the 47-month project will commence shortly, subject to financial closure and full notice to proceed from DRPIC....