Oman to invest in $7bn Indonesian oil refinery
Oman is set to participate in the development of Indonesia’s downstream oil and gas industry, and is preparing to build a new oil refinery in the country’s Riau province. According to Indonesia’s energy and mineral resources minister Sudirman Said, Oman could supply the required crude oil for the refinery, develop storage facilities, “and later expand...
Skanska team scoops $3.6bn LaGuardia redevelopment
A team that includes Skanska and Parsons Brinckerhoff has been selected by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey as preferred bidder for the terminal replacement at LaGuardia Airport. The total value of the construction contract is estimated by the Port Authority to be about US$3.6bn (£2.35bn). The public-private partnership contract includes taking over...
Contracts awarded for Oman highway
Oman’s Ministry of Transport and Communications has awarded two contracts worth OMR 201 million (US$ 520 million) to convert large stretches of the highway between Adam in the North East and Thumrait in the south West to a dual carriageway. Route 31 between the two cities is some 740 km long, and the project is...
Amec Foster Wheeler win LNG contract in Timor-Leste
Amec Foster Wheeler announced that it has been awarded a pre-FEED (front-end engineering design) contract by the Government of Timor-Leste for the proposed Beaço Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant. Amec Foster Wheeler’s scope for the US$3.8 million pre-FEED contract includes concept selection studies, development of technical design, development of procurement and construction strategies, project...
Dietsmann win Yamal LNG Plant MEI deal
Dietsmann said it was awarded the maintenance engineering & inspection services contract for the Yamal LNG plant in Russia. The contract includes ensuring maintenance and inspection feasibility, defining adequate maintenance and inspection operations, tools and means, defining and managing spare parts stocks, ensuring facility integrity, implementing the CMMS database and providing all necessary documentation, the...
New Oseberg contract for Aibel
Aibel has been awarded the contract by Statoil to conduct a FEED study for the Oseberg Future Development Brownfield Topside project. The contract gives an opening for the subsequent EPCI contract. The project will be managed from Aibel’s new office in Bergen, where up to 29 associates will be involved in the study phase. If...
Eni finds gas offshore Libya
Eni, the Italian energy company, has announced that it made its second discovery of the year at an exploration prospect off the coast of Libya. Eni said it made a natural gas and condensate discovery in so-called Area 3, a reserve area about 85 miles off the Libyan coast. “The well represents the second discovery...
KBR wins Contract For Ammonia Plants
KBR Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract by OJSC Togliattiazot (ToAZ) to provide licensing, basic engineering design, front-end engineering and design services to revamp ToAZ’s existing seven ammonia plants in Togliatti, Samara region, Russia. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will supply ToAZ with its proprietary ammonia technology to significantly...
McDermott awarded Aramco EPCI contract
McDermott International, Inc. has announced that it has been awarded a large brownfield contract by Saudi Aramco for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of twelve jackets for offshore oil and gas fields in Saudi Arabian waters. The work is scheduled for completion by the end of the first quarter of 2016 and will...
Kongsberg Maritime wins order
Kongsberg Maritime has today been awarded a call-off order for delivery of the Safety and Automation System (SAS), Life Cycle Simulator and SAS Information Management System for the four platforms on the Johan Sverdrup field centre, in the North Sea. The company says that the order is worth approximately NOK 200 million ($26 million). The order...
Mitsubishi, Tepco win Qatar gas plant bid
Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp and Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said on Monday they had won a contract to build a 300 billion yen ($2.5 billion) gas-fired power plant in Qatar, as Japan steps up investment in infrastructure in Asia. The 2.4 gigawatt plant is the type of investment envisaged in a scheme announced on...
Wintershall withdraws from Qatar
Germany’s biggest oil and gas producer Wintershall, has cut it operations in Qatar and pulled out of the country. An analyst, who wished to remain anonymous, suggested the move could be in relation to Qatar Petroleum’s restructuring. Earlier this month Qatar Petroleum, Wintershall’s partner in the country, said it planned to restructure around the challenges...