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Wood secures three contracts with Woodside in Senegal

Wood has been awarded three contracts to perform subsea and flow assurance studies for Woodside in Senegal, West Africa, supporting the proposed SNE Field Development in the Rufisque, Sangomar and Sangomar Deep Offshore blocks located offshore Senegal. Delivered by Wood’s technical experts in Australia and the UK, the contracts cover three separate concept definition studies:...

Eni Win Stakes in Abu Dhabi Offshore Oil Concessions for US875m

Eni has signed two Concession Agreements for the acquisition of a 5% stake in the Lower Zakum offshore oil field and of a 10% stake in the oil, condensate and gas offshore fields of Umm Shaif and Nasr, for a total participation fee of about 875 million US dollar and a duration of 40 years....

Subsea 7 Awarded Contract Offshore Azerbaijan

Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a substantial contract by BP Exploration for the provision of subsea inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services on both the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) and Shah Deniz (SD) fields, offshore Azerbaijan. Under the terms of this five year agreement, the scope of work comprises the provision of a Life of...

Wood wins contract with Aramco and SABIC

Wood has been selected to develop the world’s largest fully integrated crude oil to chemicals (COTC) complex in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on behalf of Saudi Aramco and SABIC as the first PMC contractor. The company will provide front end engineering design (pre-FEED and FEED) and project management services during the engineering, procurement and...

BESIX awarded Jebel Ali Power Station SWRO plant contract

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has awarded BESIX, in joint venture with Acciona Agua (Spain), with the contract for the Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Plant in Jebel Ali Power Station, Dubai. This new desalination project, the first by DEWA using RO technology, reaffirms BESIX as a partner of choice for the sustainable development...

Samsung Engineering awarded $3.1 billion ADNOC refinery project

Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd announced that it has received a letter of award (LOA) to build a Crude Flexibility Project (CFP) on behalf of ADNOC Refining in the United Arab Emirates. At a value of $ 3.1 billion, it is the ninth award in total Samsung Engineering received from ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company),...

McDermott scores BP Trinidad contract

McDermott International, Inc.  announced that it has been awarded a detailed engineering and long lead procurement services contract from BP Trinidad & Tobago, LLC (bpTT) for the Cassia C Compression Platform, located 40 miles (65 kilometers) off the southeast coast of Trinidad and Tobago. The contract follows McDermott’s award for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation...

Pöyry picked for Rabigh-Jeddah-Makkah Water Transmission System, Saudi Arabia

The Saline Water Conversion Company (SWCC) has awarded Pöyry with the owner’s engineer services assignment for the Rabigh-Jeddah-Makkah Water Transmission System in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Rabigh-Jeddah-Makkah Al-Mukarramah Water Transmission System is one of the largest transport systems for drinking water. The project accounts for the rapidly increasing demand of the metropolitan areas...

John Holland win £127m Sunshine Coast airport expansion contract, Australia

John Holland has won a £127m (AU$225m)  contract to build a new runway at the Sunshine Coast Airport, Queensland, Australia. Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson said council had awarded the Airport Expansion Project construction contract to the John Holland Group, following an extensive assessment period that involved five high-calibre proponents. The contract will see John...

DAMAC awards $163m Dubai luxury tower construction contract

DAMAC Properties has awarded a construction contract worth approximately AED 600 million to China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) for the construction of one of the towers at AYKON City, DAMAC’s premiere luxury master development on Sheikh Zayed Road overlooking Dubai Canal. The contract covers main works construction for the tower which consists of serviced...

Siemens Gamesa secures Turkey wind power deal

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has signed an agreement securing the right to implement up to 1 GW in Turkey. The company is part of the consortium, which also includes the local infrastructure company Kalyon Enerji and the Turkish investor Turkerler Holding, which was awarded capacity in the country’s first wind auction, held in August. Under...

VINCI selected for $700m New Zealand motorway

VINCI Construction subsidiary HEB Construction, has been chosen as part of an alliance contract(1) to build the Northern Corridor Improvements Project (NCI Project). With a total value of $700 million New-Zealand dollars (around €415 million), the contract aims at creating a new connection north of Auckland between the Northern Motorway (State Highway 1) and Upper...