Technip wins Peruvian pipeline gig
Technip’s subsidiary Tipiel awarded a contract for a new gas pipeline in Peru. Tipiel S.A., Technip’s subsidiary in Colombia, was awarded by the Consorcio Constructor Ductos del Sur, a front-end engineering design and detailed engineering design contract, on a lumpsum basis. This covers the development of a new gas pipeline to transport gas from the Camisea field to Southern...
Frankfurt Airport gets €3bn third terminal
The owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport, Fraport, has said that it will begin construction of a third terminal later this year. “With an investment volume of between €2.5 billion and €3 billion, Terminal 3 will be one of Germany’s largest infrastructure projects,” said Fraport’s CFO, Dr. Matthias Zieschang. Fraport’s decision is based on studies...
Mott MacDonald JV picked for Czech high-speed rail
A joint venture between Mott MacDonald and Sudop Praha has won a contract to carry out studies for a new cross-border railway line linking Germany and the Czech Republic. The work for Správa Železniční Dopravní Cesty involves two studies for the line that will connect Dresden with Ústí nad Labem and Litoměřice. The new...
KSA Eastern Province awards SAR27.8m contracts
Saudi Arabia’s Water and Electricity Minister Abdullah Al-Hussayen has signed contracts worth SAR28.7 million with several companies for water and sewage projects in the kingdom’s Eastern Province. Director General of Water in the Eastern Province Hamad bin Abdulrahman Al-Wabil said the largest contract, SAR11m, was awarded to Siraco for a three year sewage and...
Rolls-Royce wins $9.2bn Emirates order
Rolls-Royce reported that it had won a $9.2 billion order to supply engines for 50 A380 aircraft for Dubai’s Emirates airline, providing a lift for the British company after a torrid year of profit warnings. It is the first time the Gulf carrier has ordered Rolls-Royce engines for its superjumbo fleet, the rest of which...
Technip awarded FEED contract in South China Seas
Technip and its consortium partner China Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC) have been awarded a front end engineering design (FEED) contract by China National Offshore Oil Corporation Limited (CNOOC Ltd.) for two tension leg platforms(1) (TLPs) for the Liuhua 11-1 and 16-2 joint development project located in the South China Sea. As key technical...
KEFI Minerals gets approval for project in Ethiopia
KEFI Minerals’ wholly owned Tulu Kapi project in Ethiopia has been approved by the Ministry of Mines of the Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Ethiopian Minister for Mines Tolassa Shagi Moti said: “Responsible mine development is a high priority for the government and hence we are pleased to have approved the Tulu Kapi gold project. “The...
Egypt signs $1.6bn energy deals with Kuwait group
Egypt has signed preliminary deals with Kuwait’s Alghanim International for two energy-related projects worth a total of $1.6 billion, its prime minister said in a statement. One initiative would see four gas-powered plants converted to operate on combined cycle, while the other would establish gas-powered plants with a total capacity of 900 megawatts. The...
Balfour Beatty bags $408m project in Dubai Creek
Dutco Balfour Beatty (DBB) has been awarded a $408m contract to manage the construction of a large-scale mixed use development alongside Dubai Creek, the salt water inlet in the north of the emirate. The client for the scheme is Meraas, a development company owned by the government of Dubai, and the scheme is part of...
Amec Foster Wheeler win BP North Sea contract
Amec Foster Wheeler has announced that it has been awarded a BP contract to provide operations, maintenance and project support for the Forties Pipeline System. This includes the Unity offshore platform and onshore pumping stations in Aberdeenshire and Perthshire – and the Central Area Transmission System terminal in Teesside, north-east England. The contract, worth over...
Petrojet win $185m Iraq contract
Petrojet has been awarded a $185m-contract to build the first gas-processing plant for Iraq’s Siba oilfield, operated by Kuwait Energy. The project aims to enhance the oil field’s production to reach 110m cubic feet per day. This was announced in a statement received by Sherif Ismail, Eygptian minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, from the...
Wood Group secures EnQuest contract
Wood Group PSN has been awarded a new five year contract from EnQuest to provide engineering, design, construction, procurement and commissioning services to the Thistle, Heather and Northern Producer offshore assets in the North Sea. The terms of the contract reflect EnQuest’s ongoing focus on reducing costs and improving the efficiency of its North Sea...