MAN wins Oman Refinery Contract
MAN Diesel & Turbo has been awarded the Sohar Refinery contract in Oman. According to the reports, Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company awarded the German power and engineering specialist MAN Diesel & Turbo (MDT) a contract for the maintenance of Sohar Refinery, which is due to be carried out in the first quarter...
Petrofac Secures US$400m Repeat UKCS Work
Petrofac’s Offshore Projects & Operations business unit has secured contract renewals for operations and maintenance work worth approximately US$400 million on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The largest of these awards is for the provision of operations and maintenance teams for CNR International across its North Sea assets – the three platforms in the Ninian...
Aker and Baker Hughes in team work
Aker Solutions and Baker Hughes agreed to cooperate on early-phase studies to help customers improve the overall economics and value of oil and gas field developments. Aker Solutions’ Front End Spectrum unit and Baker Hughes’ Reservoir Development Services group will provide customers with development concept studies that address the entire value chain – from reservoir...
UK Supply Chain win £1bn Statoil Contracts
All the largest contracts for the operational phase on the Statoil operated Mariner offshore field have been awarded to companies in Aberdeen, Statoil revealed. Contracts awarded by Statoil Aberdeen to the UK supply chain have now surpassed GBP 1 billion. “In the tendering process for operational contract scopes we are pleased to experience excellent capacity...
Yamal LNG contract won by QMW
Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan (QMW) has been awarded a module fabrication contract for Yamal LNG, a liquefied natural gas plant being built northeast of the Yamal Peninsula in Russia. The large contract is being performed in the QMW fabrication facility in Qingdao, China and commenced in the second quarter of 2015, QMW, a joint venture between...
Jacobs Wins Contract With InoChem In Saudi Arabia
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced it was awarded the second phase of InoChem’s project management consultancy (PMC) services contract to undertake, among other important activities, the development of its soda ash and calcium chloride manufacturing complex in Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. Under the terms of the agreement, Jacobs is providing PMC services during...
Wood Group wins six-year deal with Saudi Aramco
Wood Group has been awarded an offshore maintain potential programme contract by Saudi Aramco for greenfield and brownfield engineering services, procurement, and construction management support for new facilities in the Arabian Gulf. The six-year contract, which includes options for two three-year renewals, includes the establishment of an offshore engineering centre of excellence in Al Khobar,...
ABB wins major Dubai solar project contract
ABB has won an order worth around $20 million from Dubai Electricity & Water Authorit to extend a substation that will integrate more solar energy into the grid, helping diversify Dubai’s energy mix to meet the growing demand. They will be responsible for the design, engineering, supply, installation and commissioning of the substation’s extension. Key...
Wood Group secures KPOC pipeline contract
Wood Group Kenny are to support the Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company (KPOC) in pipeline engineering and flow assurance engineering studies for the Kamansu East (KME) field offshore Sabah, Malaysia. The work will include concept select studies and definition engineering on subsea heating options, thus preventing hydrates, for the 30km gas pipeline which runs from the...
Air Energi wins contract to staff BP Iraq
Global oil & gas recruiter Air Energi has won a five-year contract with BP Iraq to supply contingent expatriate personnel for operations at the Rumaila and Kirkuk oil fields. It is the company’s largest deal in the region to date, and the first with BP. Paul Howarth, Air Energi’s delivery manager for Iraq, told Recruiter...
MHB restocks order book with four new contracts
Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad’s (MHB) subsidiary, Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd (MMHE), has secured contracts worth RM 324 million ($86.15 million). According to the company, these contracts involve offshore structural component fabrication works, hook up and commissioning and related topside construction work for facilities improvement project as well as for...
Indian Railways to use Wind Turbines for Power
Indian Railways has said that it aims to generate 10% of its electricity from solar power and other renewable sources by 2020. The company’s initial aims are to erect wind turbines with a capacity of 170MW on land that it owns. It is also planning to install photovoltaic panels with a total capacity of 15MW...