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Saipem nets US$190 million in new contract awards

Saipem has been awarded new contracts in Offshore Drilling involving the sixth-generation semi-submersible rig Scarabeo 8, suitable for harsh environments. Drilling activities will take place offshore Norway, and will last approximately 10 months, excluding options. The first contract refers to the award by A/S Norske Shell of an optional well in relation to the contract...

SNC-Lavalin awarded Wasit Gas Plant installation contract by Aramco

SNC-Lavalin has been appointed by Saudi Aramco to install additional facilities for a major gas processing facility in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. Under the scope of work for the multi-million dollar contract, SNC-Lavalin will construct the Arabiah Condensate Handling Facility and Sour Water Disposal Unit Project at the Wasit Gas Plant in Saudi Arabia, including...

UK’s Telensa chosen for ‘smart’ street lights in Hong Kong

Telensa, the market leader the leader in connected street lighting and smart city applications, today announced that it has been selected by the Highways Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) to deploy its PLANet intelligent street lighting system in a pilot programme led by engineering services group South King-Kum Shing JV...

TechnipFMC secures FEED contract for BP’s West African LNG project

TechnipFMC has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by BP for the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the Tortue/Ahmeyim Field Development, a major LNG (liquefied natural gas) project located offshore on the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal. The agreement between the two companies provides a mechanism to allow a...

Siemens has been awarded Petrobras gas turbine package order

Siemens Power and Gas, including its Dresser-Rand business, received an order for four SGT-A35 gas turbine power generation packages and two SGT-A35-driven DATUM CO2 compressor packages for MODEC’s Sépia floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The vessel, which is named “FPSO Carioca MV30,” will be deployed at the Sépia field operated by Petrobras, located...

Pöyry win contract for the expansion of Salgado Filho Airport, Brazil

Pöyry awarded engineering services assignment for the expansion of Salgado Filho Airport, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The HTBM consortium, comprising of contractors HTB, Tedesco and Barbosa Mello, has awarded Pöyry with the detail engineering and field engineering services assignment for the expansion project of the Salgado Filho Airport, in Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil, under the...

Saudi Aramco and Indian group in $44bn petchem refinery deal

Saudi Aramco and Indian consortium “RRPCL” sign MoU to develop Ratnagiri mega refinery and petrochemicals complex on India’s west coast. Saudi Aramco signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with “Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd.” (RRPCL), a consortium of Indian oil companies which includes The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCl), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL),...

Wood wins new contract to provide FEED for Statoil refinery in Norway

Wood is delivering front-end engineering design (FEED) for Statoil’s Mongstad refinery near Bergen, Norway, as part of a new contract secured under an existing framework agreement. Effective immediately, the scope of the contract includes the design, engineering and analysis for modifications to reduce sulphur content in gasoline produced at the refinery. Wood’s in-country engineering teams...

Subsea 7 Awarded Contract Offshore Nigeria

Subsea 7 S.A. today announced the award of a substantial(1) contract by Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPN) for the Production Uplift Pipeline Projects (PUPP) in shallow water, offshore Nigeria. The contract scope includes engineering, construction, transportation, installation and pre-commissioning of 20 kilometres of 24” Corrosion Resistant Alloy (CRA) pipeline between the Idoho Platform and the...

Mace and Jacobs appointed to deliver UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai

A joint venture of Mace and Jacobs have been appointed as the UK Government’s delivery partner for the UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. Expo 2020 Dubai will run for six months from 20 October 2020 and is expected to attract 25 million visitors, with 70% coming from outside the UAE, an unprecedented proportion in...

L&T unit awarded Saudi Aramco EPCI project contract

L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (“LTHE”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Engineering and Construction major Larsen & Toubro Limited, today announced an award for three Gas Production Deck Modules by Saudi Aramco. This is the fourth award for the consortium of LTHE with Subsea 7. There are three offshore contracts currently under execution by the Consortium for...

Petrofac secures further India EPC contract

Petrofac has received a letter of award from Vedanta Limited for its Raageshwari Deep Gas Field Development Project located in Barmer, Rajasthan, India. The lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project, valued at approximately US$233 million, is for integrated gas surface facilities and includes pre-commissioning and commissioning. Under the terms of the 23-month contract, the...