Elenilto wins Togo mining plant project
The government of Togo has awarded Elenilto, the global oil and gas and minerals company, an international tender to develop a phosphate mining and fertilisers plant project in Togo. Elenilto, which leads and controls the consortium, is co-operating in this project with Wengfu as its strategic partner. Wengfu is one of the top leading international...
Mott MacDonald picked for Brazilian waste PPP
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has appointed Mott MacDonald to a public-private partnership (PPP) project that will improve waste management in Curitiba, Brazil. Mott MacDonald will provide technical and strategic advice on the scheme. Its appointment is financed by the country’s Private Sector Participation (PSP) programme. Curitiba is the capital and largest municipality of the...
Arcadis win Port of Calais work
Arcadis has been appointed as lead engineer by the Bouygues-led joint venture that is expanding the Port of Calais for the €675m (£492m) scheme. Arcadis will lead the engineering work from the final design to the detailed design including site supervision during construction. Arcadis’ fee for the project is €20m (£14.6m), with the contract running...
Technip Wins Pipe Contract Offshore East Malaysia
Technip has been awarded an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning contract by PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB) for D18 Project. The project covers the procurement and installation of two 8” water injection flexible pipes totalling 9.5 kilometers. The flexible pipes will connect three fixed jacket platforms which form the existing D18 infrastructure offshore Sarawak, Malaysia,...
Nakheel inks JV to build Deira Islands resort
Nakheel is set to partner with Thailand’s Minor Hotel Group (MHG) to bring a new 500-room AVANI beachfront resort to its under-construction Deira Islands. Nakheel and MHG plan to create a quality waterside resort within easy reach of a diverse range of forthcoming attractions, which include Deira Mall and Deira Islands Night Souk. This is...
Towell wins $214m Oman contract
Omani construction firm Towell Infrastructure Projects has won a $214-million contract to build the infrastructure for the new Liwa City project being established by the Omani government in North Al Batinah Governorate, said a report. The Ministry of Housing is investing around $1.3 billion in the establishment of the landmark project, reported the Oman Observer....
Ezra wins Angostura gig
Offshore contractor Ezra, through its subsea services division, EMAS AMC has finalized a contract with BHP Billiton for the Angostura phase 3 development offshore Trinidad and Tobago in the eastern Trinidadian sector of the Venezuela basin. The total scope of work includes the project management, fabrication, construction and installation of 12-inch flowline along with a...
Fluor Awarded Front End Contract for PTTGC
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced that PTT Global Chemical Public Company (PTTGC) has selected a Fluor-led team to perform front-end engineering and design work for its proposed petrochemical complex in Belmont County, Ohio. The team includes Fluor, Technip and SK E&C. Fluor will book the undisclosed contract value into backlog in the third quarter of...
Lagan win 3 military airport contracts
Lagan Construction have been awarded a trio of contracts to carry out work at three separate military bases worldwide. They have secured contracts with the UK’s Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) in Gibraltar and Cyprus, with combined construction work valued at an estimated £31 million. The third contract is with the US Naval Facilities Engineering Command...
UK firm to design desert eco-retreat in UAE
Baharash Architecture, the award-winning design studio based in London has won the contract to design a solar-powered luxury desert eco-retreat in the Liwa region of the UAE. The facility has been designed to be in harmony with the pristine and untouched desert-scape. It is completely energy self-sufficient; using solar panels, it will generate and store...
Subsea 7 win UK offshore contract
Subsea 7 have announced the award of a subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) contract by Maersk Oil with a value of USD 150 million plus for the Culzean development. The ultra-high pressure, high temperature field, one of the largest gas discoveries offshore UK, is located in Block 22/25 of the Central North Sea at...
Sandvik win two key ME Oil & Gas orders
Sandvik Materials Technology, a division within the Sandvik Group, developer and producer of advanced stainless steels, special alloys, titanium and other high-performance materials, has been awarded two important contracts for control lines for the oil and gas industry in the Middle East. The first contract is with a new customer, an oil producer based in...