Sparrows Group have secured a multi-million pound contract with India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for the refurbishment of 21 cranes. The project which will safely extend the life of the cranes for a further 15 to 20 years will see us refurbish, repair, upgrade or replace all components and machinery. To reduce time...

KBR, Inc. announced that it has been awarded an ammonia plant contract by Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO) for the Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Ltd (HURL) greenfield urea project in Gorakhpur, India. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide licensing and basic engineering design (LBED) services for the project. HURL is a joint venture...

Saudi Aramco today participated in the Saudi-U.S. CEO Forum held in New York to promote bilateral business and cooperation between the two countries. The Forum was scheduled to coincide with the official visit to the United States by HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. During the Forum a number of cooperation arrangements and prospective commercial...

Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction Public Company Ltd. (STECON) has awarded Pöyry with the engineering services assignment for Chana 20.6 MW net biomass power plant project in Chana District, Songkla, Thailand. The owner of the project is Chana Green Company Limited, a private power producer company and subsidiary of Gulf Development Company Limited. STECON has been...

Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has won procurement advisory services from state owned National Water Company (NWC) as part of a consortium to provide water distribution services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The consortium is led by financial consultant Mizuho Bank and supported by legal consultant White & Case. The project is...

Azizi Developments, one of the leading private developers in the UAE, has awarded a contract worth AED 952 Million for the construction of Phase 3 of Azizi Riviera, which will commence on April 1, 2018. Prestige Constructions LLC has been appointed to build 13 mid–rise buildings with mixed heights of eight or ten floors, which...

Add Energy, the international energy consultancy provider, in partnership with their Indonesia partner, PT Synergy Engineering, have been awarded a maintenance build contract for work on Tangguh LNG expansion project in Indonesia. The work is being undertaken in both Aberdeen, at Add Energy’s engineering centre, and in PT. Synergy head office in Jakarta. Damon Bowler,...

Orascom Construction Limited ammounced that its joint venture with Al Sahraa Group (UAE) has been awarded approximately USD 180 million for the expansion of Fujairah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates. OC’s share of the joint venture is 60%. The project’s scope encompasses the main infrastructure works for the airport expansion, including a new...

Petrofac Limited is pleased to announce it has signed a binding letter of intent, for a contract worth around US$580 million with a GCC National Oil Company for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a major project. Specific details in relation to the project remain confidential at this time and additional information will be...

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) today signed agreements with Total of France, awarding them stakes in two of Abu Dhabi’s new offshore concessions. Under the terms of the agreements, Total has been awarded a 20% interest in the Umm Shaif and Nasr concession and a 5% interest in the Lower Zakum concession. Total...

Skanska are the preferred bidder for the first PPP-project in Norway in more than ten years. It is also the largest road contract ever awarded in Norway. The project involves constructing a new national road between Løten and Elverum in the county of Hedmark. The PPP-contract will be worth about NOK 5.5 billion, about SEK...

McDermott International, Inc. and Baker Hughes, a GE company announced the selection of front-end engineering design (FEED) studies in advance of a substantial* engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for BP’s Tortue/Ahmeyim Field Development, a major gas project located on the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal. During this initial engineering phase, McDermott will...