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KBR win Infrastructure Project in Australia

KBR announced it has been awarded an alliance contract by the Victorian Government for Railroad Crossing Removal Projects in Victoria, Australia. Under the terms of the contract, KBR and John Holland will remove four railroad crossings in Victoria. This work is expected to be performed over three years, with KBR providing design services for the...

Penspen expand into Iraq

Penspen, a leading global provider of engineering and management services to the energy industry, has underlined its commitment to growth in the Middle East with three new appointments and investment in a new office in Iraq. Ahmed Al-Dadah and Na’el Barghouthi have this month joined the company from other engineering providers, whilst Michael Simm, EVP...

UOP Honeywell wins contract for refinery

UOP LLC, a Honeywell International Inc. HON, -1.20% company, announced today that its process technology, catalysts and proprietary equipment will form the basis for the largest refinery in Africa, reducing Nigeria’s dependence on imported fuels and petrochemicals. Dangote Oil Refining Company selected UOP technology for a world-scale integrated refinery and petrochemical plant to be built...

Mott MacDonald wins contract for Mozambique

Mott MacDonald PDNA has been appointed by the Mozambique National Institute for Social Security (INSS) to supervise construction of a multi-functional building in Maputo. The building is located in the centre of Maputo, on an intersection between two of the capital’s busiest roads. It will comprise two towers and a three-level underground basement. One of...

Petrofac secures contract with North Sea operator

Petrofac has secured a contract to support Oranje-Nassau Energie (ONE) UK Limited, a subsidiary of Amsterdam based oil and gas producer Oranje-Nassau Energie B.V., as the company has become operator of the Sean gas field in the Southern North Sea as of 1 June 2015. The contract, for Duty Holder Support Services, is worth US$45...

Chinese get £300m Swansea lagoon package

Chinese get £300m Swansea lagoon package in exchange for opening doors Renewable energy firm Tidal Lagoon Power has handed a Chinese state-owned construction company the £300m marine works contract on its Swansea Bay scheme in exchange for introducing the British company to Chinese opportunities. Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon has named China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC)...

Civmec bags two oil & gas gigs in Australia

Australian oilfield services provider Civmec has been awarded two oil and gas industry related contracts on behalf of GE Oil & Gas and FMC Technologies, respectively. On behalf of GE Oil & Gas, Civmec will be constructing and testing Chevron-operated Gorgon project’s  new 34 inch Subsea Pig Launcher/Receiver (SSPLR) in two stages. According to Civment, the...

Pöyry wins assignment for plant in Indonesia

Pöyry awarded owner’s engineer services assignment for coal-fired power plant project, Indonesia PT Tanjung Power Indonesia (TPI) has awarded Pöyry with the Owner’s Engineer services assignment for Kalsel-1 2 x 100 MW Coal Fired Power Plant Project in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Shareholders of TPI are PT Adaro Power and Korea East-West Power Co.,Ltd. Pöyry’s...

Aker Solutions Wins Order in Offshore Mexico

Aker Solutions won its first order for a project offshore Mexico as it secured a contract from Saipem to supply umbilicals for the Pemex-operated Lakach deepwater natural-gas field. Aker Solutions will deliver electro-hydraulic steel tube umbilicals of about 73 kilometers (45 miles) that will help connect Mexico’s first subsea gas development to onshore processing...

Amec Foster Wheeler wins Overhead Line Contracts

Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has won four contracts from SP Energy Networks to construct three new overhead power lines and refurbish a further overhead line, all in South West Scotland. The value of the contracts, which are scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016, has not been disclosed. The work...

KBR Awarded Eurasian FLNG Feed Contract

KBR, Inc.  announced it has been awarded a near-shore floating LNG Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Lloyds Energy Ltd. Under this contract, KBR will provide integrated topsides and hull engineering design services for a nominal 2.5 million TPA floating natural gas liquefaction plant (FLNG). Start-up of the project facilities is expected to take place...

Drake & Scull wins Oman contracts

Drake & Scull Engineering (DSE) has been awarded a series of major contracts in Oman worth a total of AED350m (£62.5m). It will deliver mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) works for the Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre, two 5-star hotels in Saraya Bandar Jissah and an airport hangar. The scope of works for the Oman...