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PDO awards two contracts worth $779m

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has awarded two key contracts valued at around RO 300 mln to Omani businesses for work in the north of its operations in the Sultanate. Under the terms of the deals, off- plot mechanical work will be carried out by local community contractor (LCC) Seeh Al Sarya Engineering at PDO oil...

Siemens wins order to expand Kuwait power plant

Siemens has received an order to deliver an industrial steam turbine package to expand the Az Zour South 3 open cycle gas turbine power plant to a combined cycle power plant. The plant is located in Kuwait and is operated by the Ministry of Electricity & Water (MEW). Siemens’ customer is the Chinese EPC contractor...

Damac awards $11m infrastructure contracts

DAMAC Properties, a leading luxury real estate developer in the region, has awarded a contract worth AED 40 million for the roads and infrastructure works at Vardon cluster within AKOYA Oxygen, a 55-million-square-foot lush green development in Dubai. The roads and infrastructure works contract has been awarded to Proscape LLC. Mohammed Tahaineh, Senior Vice President...

Cranes Boost For EnerMech in Malaysia

Engineering services specialist EnerMech has won its first contract to provide crane personnel in Malaysia. The company will provide training services and supply up to 70 offshore crane operators for a major oil and gas Operator on projects located offshore in the South China Sea. The five-year multi-million-pound contract will see EnerMech deploy a crane...

Mace wins FM contract in Qatar

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Qatar has entered into a contract with international Facilities Management company, Macro, for five years, to provide Facilities Management services for independent schools. Macro will act as the managing agent for facilities services, supporting the Ministry in creating and maintaining an environment that is safe and secure...

SNC-Lavalin wins Aramco processing plant work

SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it was awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco for engineering and project management services for the Berri Increment Program. New facilities are proposed at Saudi Aramco’s existing plants at Abu Ali and Khursaniyah to process a potential increased output of Arabian Light crude from the Berri Field on the...

TechnipFMC scoops Exxon Guyana contract

TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by an affiliate of ExxonMobil Corporation for the engineering, manufacture and delivery of the subsea equipment for the proposed Liza deep water project. The award scope includes seventeen total enhanced vertical deep water trees and associated tooling, as well as five manifolds and associated controls and tie-in equipment. “We...

Petrofac secures new $70m Iraq contracts

Petrofac has secured a series of contract awards worth more than US$70 million for engineering, operations and maintenance services in Iraq. Petrofac’s Engineering and Production Services’ (EPS) East business secured the awards during the first quarter of 2017 with two major International Oil Companies and South Oil Company. Petrofac has been providing services in Iraq...

Fluor bag FEED contract in Trinidad and Tobago

Fluor Corporation announced that it was selected by BP Trinidad and Tobago (BP) to perform the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the Cassia Compression Project off the east coast of Trinidad and Tobago. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value into backlog in the first quarter of 2017. Fluor’s scope includes the design of a...

AmecFW wins Jordan power project deal

Amec Foster Wheeler  has been awarded a new contract by China Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Power Engineering Co., Ltd. (“GPEC”), for the design and supply of two circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generator boilers, as well as technical advisory services. Located in Attarat Um Ghudran, approximately 100km southeast of Amman, the two 235 MWe (net) CFB...

Bechtel wins major petchem projects in Egypt

Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, announced that the company has been awarded two contracts by Carbon Holdings of Egypt: one to provide project management services for the Tahrir Petrochemicals Complex at Ain Sokhna, Egypt, and one to build two new polypropylene units at an adjacent site. In its project management role,...

Cape awarded new Saudi scaffold contract

Cape plc, an international leader in the provision of critical industrial services to the energy and natural resources sectors, is delighted to announce its Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) subsidiary, Cape R B Hilton, has been awarded a contract by Nasser S Al Hajri (NSH) to provide 120,000 m2 of suspended scaffold on the Sulphur...