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SapuraKencana bags USD65.3m new contracts

SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (“SapuraKencana”) has been awarded new contracts by clients with a combined value of approximately USD65.3 million (approximately RM264 million, based on USD1: RM4.04). The contract awards for work in Malaysia and in Vietnam were recently made to the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SapuraKencana TL Offshore Sdn Bhd (“SKTLO”). Details of the contract awards...

Wood Group secure DONG Energy agreement

Wood Group has been awarded a new engineering services framework agreement by DONG Energy, to support their oil & gas assets across the Danish, Norwegian and UK continental shelves. Front end development, maintenance and modifications, engineering, and late life and decommissioning services, for both topsides and subsea facilities, will be provided under the four year...

Alba awards new PDS contract to Siemens

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), home-base of the Line 6 Expansion Project, announced that it has awarded Siemens the Power Distribution System (PDS) contract for Power Station 5 (PS 5). Under the terms of this contract, Siemens will be responsible to design, engineer, procure, construct and commission High Voltage electrical network comprising distribution switchgears and transformers...

Black & Veatch win power station consultancy role

Black & Veatch have been awarded the Consultancy role in Cirebon, Indonesia Project in Jakarta. Drawing on more than 40 years of experience in power generation development in Indonesia, Black & Veatch will oversee the scheduling, design, quality control of equipment supplied, and construction activity for the 1,000 megawatt (MW) Cirebon 2 Project just east of...

Wärtsilä wins FRSU Norwegian contract

Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the re-gasification system for an FSRU (Floating, Storage, Re-gasification Unit) conversion project that Höegh LNG plans to carry out on a modern LNG vessel. The contract was signed in August. The Wärtsilä re-gasification system to be supplied will feature regas technology using water glycol as the intermediate medium instead...

PSW bags COSL maintenance contract

PSW Group has entered into a frame agreement with COSL Drilling Europe for Subsea & Riser Maintenance services of the company’s drilling rigs. The agreement has a duration of 3 years and with an optional period of 2 years. Work under the contract has already commenced. The scope of work is for inspection, maintenance and...

Scatec Solar secures 100 MW solar project in Nigeria

Scatec Solar has signed an agreement with CDIL, a Canadian renewable energy development company focused on Africa, and BPS, a Nigerian strategic consulting firm, securing the 100 MW (DC) Nova Scotia Power plant located in Jigawa State, Nigeria. This agreement was announced in connection with Scatec Solar’s second quarter results. The Nova Scotia project company,...

DEWA awarded two key Dubai consultancy contracts

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) works to enhance the quality of life in Dubai, and achieve sustainable development while ensuring the happiness of generations to come. DEWA implements developmental projects across all operations, and develops infrastructure to improve its services at the highest standards of efficiency, reliability, and accountability. “In July 2016, DEWA awarded...

Damen Shipyards Sharjah wins ADS contract

Damen Shipyards Sharjah (DSS) in the United Arab Emirates has won a contract to build a shallow draught, self-propelled Jack-up Pontoon 3526 for the UAE-based contractor Aqua Diving Services Ltd. Once delivered, it will be used primarily to deliver offshore support services, including the provision of accommodation facilities for personnel as well as operating as...

Pöyry awarded Swiss tunnel contract

Pöyry have been awarded tunnel equipment engineering assignment for two tunnels on the A2 motorway, Switzerland. The Swiss Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) has awarded the detailed engineering assignment for the planning work for the upgrading of operational and safety equipment in two major tunnels on the A2 motorway to Pöyry. The A2 forms the main...

Technip and DOF commence contract with Petrobras

Technip and DOF Subsea announce today that through their 50/50 owned affiliate TechDof Brasil AS, they have taken final delivery of the pipe-lay support vessel (PLSV) Skandi Açu. The vessel has been approved for hire by Petrobras and commenced as per commitment at 00h00 on August 13th 2016 its 8-year charter contract. It is the...

Técnicas Reunidas win Teeside Power Plant work

Técnicas Reunidas is awarded by MGT Teesside Power to design and build the Tees REP Power Plant in Teesside, United Kingdom.  MGT Teesside Ltd, a UK based company, has selected Técnicas Reunidas (TR),in a consortium with Samsung C&T, for the execution of a contract to build a new with combined heat and power in Teeside, United...