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Statoil Awards NOK 24 billion in Contracts

Statoil has today awarded maintenance and modification agreements worth NOK 24 billion for the company’s installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and for the onshore plants at Sture, Kollsnes, Kårstø and Melkøya. Competition agreements for more complex modification services have also been awarded. Maintenance and modifications are essential for safe and efficient operation of...

Algeria plans $3.3bn sea port project

Algeria is set to start work on its ambitious sea port project at El Hamdania which will be developedat an investment of $3.3 billion, it has been reported.Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, who approved the project, dubbed it as the biggest infrastructure development since the country’s independence from France, reported ANSAmed.The project, to be developed in two...

Clough Amec wins ConocoPhillips contract

Clough Limited is pleased to announce that Clough AMEC has been awarded a new three year contract with ConocoPhillips in Australia, to provide asset support, operations and maintenance services to the Bayu-Undan offshore field development, located in the Timor Sea. The Bayu-Undan offshore facilities consist of a floating storage and offloading facility and three fixed...

GE wins contract to build Waad Al Shamal power plant

GE has been awarded a landmark contract valued at nearly US$1 billion for the engineering, construction and provision of gas turbine services for the Waad Al Shamal combined cycle power plant of Saudi Electricity Company (SEC). Scheduled for completion in 48 months, the plant will support the phosphate mining operations in the locality, in turn...

Omran inks $104m deal for Marriott Hotel in Muscat

Oman Tourism company Omran and Bank Sohar signed a deal worth $104m (OMR40.1m) to finance the building of the JW Marriott Hotel project in Muscat. According to Arabian Business, the hotel will be located within the upcoming Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre (OCEC) which will form part of the new Al-Irfan City project developed by Omran....

Keppel awarded repeat contracts worth S$125m

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M)’s local and overseas subsidiaries continue to win strong support from repeat customers by securing four contracts worth a total of about S$125 million. In Singapore, Keppel O&M’s wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) secured two conversion contracts – the first is for a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)...

Saudi Aramco to build $2bn Jazan plant with ACWA

Saudi Aramco will build a $2.1bn (SAR7.8bn) industrial complex in Jazan. The development, set to be the world’s largest for gas, will supply 20,000 metric tonnes of oxygen and 55,000 metric tonnes of nitrogen to its Jazan refinery for 20 years. Arabian Company for Water and Power Development (ACWA) has been appointed to carry out...

Subsea 7 West Nile Delta contract win

Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Burullus Gas Company S.A.E. for the platform extension and tie-in on the first phase of the West Nile Delta development of the Taurus and Libra fields by BP, offshore Egypt. According to Subsea 7, engineering and project management work will start immediately and will be carried out...

Doosan Babcock win UAE plant maintenance deal

Energy engineering specialist Doosan Babcock has signed a landmark Long Term Maintenance Agreement (LTMA) with Taweelah Asia Power Company (TAPCO) to provide essential maintenance and technical support services to Abu Dhabi’s Taweelah B Power and Water Desalination Plant. The eight-year contract includes technical support, parts and equipment provision, and repair and maintenance services at Abu...

Drake & Scull wins $33m EPC contract

Drake & Scull Engineering (DSE), the subsidiary of Drake & Scull International PJSC (DSI), a regional market leader in the integrated design, engineering and construction disciplines of General Contracting, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP), Water and Power, Rail, Oil and Gas, and Water and Wastewater Treatment, has announced that it has secured a AED 121...

London Bank Station to receive $840m upgrade

London Mayor Boris Johnson and Transport for London (TfL) have announced that work to transform Bank Tube station will begin in the new year after the plans were given the go-ahead by the UK government. The $840m upgrade will increase the station’s capacity by 40%, improving accessibility and reducing interchange times. Bank is used by...

SNC-Lavalin lands Riyadh airport project

SNC-Lavalin  is pleased to announce that it, together in a consortium with Toledo Arabia Company, has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by the Saudi Riyadh Cooling Company (SRCC) to provide district cooling services for the King Khalid International Airport in, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The value of SNC-Lavalin’s share in...