CB&I wins $2.8bn Oman chemical plant contract
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CB&I),the energy infrastructure group, said its joint venture with Taiwanese group CTCI Corporation has won a $2.8 billion contract from Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for its plastics industrial complex project. With 125 years of experience and the expertise...
Emirates signs £16bn engine deal with GE
Emirates has signed a $16 billion agreement with GE Aviation for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of the GE9X engines that will power the airline’s fleet of 150 Boeing 777X aircraft over a 12 year period. This is Emirates’ largest single engine MRO contract so far. At the 2013 Dubai Air Show, Emirates had placed...
Siemens in key Abu Dhabi airport expansion deal
Siemens, the global technology powerhouse, has joined hands with Abu Dhabi Airports to launch a number of key capacity expansion initiatives at the UAE capital’s airport for significantly improving its overall operational efficiency. The projects are part of the upgrade of the baggage handling system at the capital’s airport, aimed at increasing its capacity and...
$109m deal for Palm Jumeirah residential project
Palma Development has announced that Khansaheb will be the main contractor for its AED1.5 billion Serenia Residences, the first residential-only community to take up space on Palm Jumeirah, UAE. With a value of AED400 million ($108.9 million), the contract will see Khansaheb deliver the latest offering from Palma Development within 22 months from signing, the...
Monadelphous wins Prelude contract
The engineering company Monadelphous Group Limited has won a long-term maintenance and modifications services contract related to Shell Australia’s Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project. The contract, with an estimated value of more than $200 million is located in the Browse Basin, approximately 475 kilometres north-northeast of Broome, in Western Australia. Monadelphous will provide...
Kentz win Qatargas EPC contract
Qatar Kentz, a unit of Canadian construction group SNC Lavlin, has been awrded a major engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from global LNG leader Qatargas for their new water recycling facility at Ras Laffan Industrial City, located 80 km north of Doha, the report said. Besides the EPC services, Qatar Kentz will also help...
Australia awards 623km gas pipeline contract
Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) government has awarded the contract for a 623km pipeline which will connect the area’s vast gas fields to the east coast market. Jemena has been awarded the competitive tender process for the North East Gas Interconnector (NEGI), which will link Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory to Mt Isa in Queensland...
Petrofac win Aramco EPC contract
Petrofac has won a contract by Saudi Aramco to undertake the engineering, procurement, and construction of a sulphur recovery plant as part of the company’s Fadhili programme. Fadhili is a greenfield development located 30 km west of the city of Jubail in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. When completed, the gas plant will have...
ABB bags $60m DEWA orders in Q3
ABB has won orders worth over $60 million from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) to supply three turnkey substation solutions for residential and industrial areas in Dubai. The orders were booked in the third quarter. These areas are undergoing infrastructure development, including residences and resorts, to support Dubai’s positioning as a global hub for...
Foster + Partners win mixed use project in Cairo
Foster + Partners, a leading UK-based architectural firm, said it has secured a major contract to design the masterplan for the Maspero Triangle District, a mixed-use project featuring residential, commercial and retail developments, in downtown Cairo, Egypt. The contract was awarded by Egyptian Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements (Muris) after the...
Aker Solutions Technology picked by Norcem
Aker Solutions’ CO2 Capture Technology Picked by Norcem for Commercial-Scale Use in Cement Production. November 17, 2015 – Aker Solutions won an order from Norcem for a feasibility study on the development of the world’s first commercial-scale carbon capture facility for use in cement production, the source of about 5 percent of global greenhouse gas...
Honeywell wins Iraq refinery contract
Honeywell, a global technology leader, has won a contract to provide process technology and advanced automation controls to Iraq’s Karbala refinery. The refinery is now under construction in Karbala Province, about 120 kilometres south of Baghdad. The grassroots refinery will use refining processes from Honeywell UOP and automation controls from Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) to...