Black & Veatch in Solar Power Plant win
Black & Veatch has been awarded a contract with Green Earth Power (Thailand) to provide the design and consultancy services for what will be South East Asia’s largest solar power plant. Construction of the scheme in Myanmar will begin in the first quarter of 2016. “Electricity is an urgent priority in Myanmar and has serious...
Daelim awarded $1.06bn Iran Housing Project
South Korea’s Daelim Industrial Company is set to develop a 500-hectare residential town in Tehran, Iran, at an investment of around €900 million ($1.06 billion), the report said. The investment will be a major boost to the new township of Kharazmi about 50 km southeast of the Iranian capital, reported the Press TV. The city...
UK selects Cammell Laird to build Polar ship
UK government has announced that Cammell Laird in Birkenhead has been selected as the preferred bidder to build a £200m polar research ship. The decision follows a 12-month competitive tender process that involved bids from companies in the UK, Europe and the Far East. The winning project will secure jobs and apprenticeships and provide a significant...
Saipem bags Aramco & Eni contracts
Saipem has been awarded new contracts by Eni and Saudi Aramco, which together are valued at more than €600 million—approximately $681 million. Saipem was awarded the EPCI contract by Saudi Aramco. The contract involves the engineering, procurement, transportation and installation of offshore structures, including the observation platform, wellhead production deck module, auxiliary platforms, 20-in. internally...
Franco-Nevada sign $610m silver streaming deal
Franco-Nevada has agreed to acquire a silver stream on production from the Compania Miñera Antamina (CMA) owned Antamina copper mine in Peru as part of a $610m deal with Teck Resources. Teck owns a 22.50% interest in CMA, along with partners BHP Billiton (33.75%), Glencore (33.75%) and Mitsubishi (10%). Franco-Nevada president and CEO David Harquail...
McDermott wins EPCI project for jackets offshore Qatar
McDermott International has won a sizeable brownfield project from Qatar Petroleum for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of four wellhead jackets. The installation of two jackets in the Bul-Hanine field offshore east of Doha has been scheduled to be completed by December next year with the remaining two scheduled for completion in July...
Tetra Tech win foreign aid infrastructure contract
Tetra Tech has been awarded a five-year contract with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to help provide infrastructure in developing countries. The ceiling under the architect-engineer services contract is US$600m (£395m). USAID administers the US foreign assistance programme, providing economic and humanitarian assistance in more than 80 countries worldwide. Tetra Tech’s services including...
Fugro win $13m Pemex extension
Fugro (Mexico), the global supplier of offshore geotechnical services, in conjunction with Diavaz, has been awarded an extension for the ongoing offshore geophysical and geotechnical campaign by the Mexican national oil company, PEMEX. According to Fugro, geotechnical field operations, laboratory testing and geoconsulting activities will support exploration drilling activities in the Bay of Campeche and...
Wood Group wins Kazakh contract
Wood Group has been awarded the multi-million dollar contract by Bechtel for providing an automation solution consisting of detailed engineering, control hardware and remote instrument enclosures (RIEs) for Tengizchevroil’s (TCO’s) Crude Storage Capacity Project at the Tengiz Field in Kazakhstan. The project will increase capacity of the tank farm to accommodate the upgrading of the...
Hill named project manager for Doha resort
Hill International has said that it has secured a contract to provide project management consultancy services for a new resort in Doha, Qatar. The two-and-a-half-year pact worth $2.3 million has been awarded by Contraco. To be built on 257 acres of land, the Salwa Resort will feature 362 guest rooms, a water park, marina, dive...
Intertek win Iraqi inspection contract
Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has been awarded a third party inspection procurement contract for the South Oil Company in Iraq, a national Iraqi company responsible for all the oil and gas projects in southern Iraq. The multi-year agreement is the first time SOC has appointed a third party inspection company...
Bouygues wins Qatar Tunnel contract
Bouygues Travaux Publics (BTP) and Qatari construction firm UrbaCon Trading and Contracting have been awarded two contracts for the design and construction of sewage tunnels by the Qatar Public Works Authority. The contracts are worth a total of $610m, of whichBTP’s share amounts to roughly $320m. The team will construct two tunnels under Doha. The...