UnaE&C wins Basrah Gas contract
Iraq-based Basrah Gas Company (BGC) has awarded UnaE&C Iraq, an engineering and construction subsidiary of Unaoil Group, a contract for the rehabilitation of West Qurna compressor stations CS7 and CS8 at West Qurna, Iraq. BGC is a joint venture between state-run South Gas Company of Iraq (51 per cent), Shell (44 per cent) and Mitsubishi...
Prysmian wins contracts in Kuwait
Prysmian Group, has been awarded two new major orders for a total value of more than €50 million ($56.9 million) for power transmission system expansion projects in Kuwait. The contracts refer to projects “MEW 06 Jaber Al Ahmed City”, awarded directly by MEW – the Kuwait Ministry for Electricity & Water – and “Jamal Abdel...
Jyoti win UAE & Oman power contracts
Gulf Jyoti International a leading provider of comprehensive power transmission and substation solutions, has clinched transmission line projects worth Rs5.82 billion ($93.44 million) in the GCC region, said a report. A joint venture between India-based Jyoti Structures and Gulf Investment Corporation of Kuwait, GJI said the projects include a Rs3.1 billion ($49.77 million) order for...
Astaldi wins Italian jobs
Italian contractor Astaldi has won a string of contracts worth a total of $215m in its domestic market, including the construction of a Zaha Hadid Architects-designed rail station in Naples (pictured), as well as port and dam developments and improvements to the offices of pharmaceutical company Angelini. The $70m contract for the Afragola High Speed...
Egypt inks LNG deal with Noble Energy
Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum informed that the state-owned EGAS signed a deal with Noble Energy for the supply of 7 LNG cargoes. According to the ministry statement, the deliveries will start from April and continue over the next two years. Ministry informed earlier that the deal was already signed with the Swiss trading house, Trafigura...
Egypt Inks Petrochem Contracts
Cairo announced it reached preliminary deals worth $6.8 billion with Kuwaiti companies for the establishment of petrochemical projects. The initial agreements signed recently involved several companies including Egypt Kuwait Holding Company, Kuwait Gateway Holdings and Boubyan Petrochemical Co. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab represented the government during the signing of Memorandums of Understanding with Kuwaiti companies involving projects...
Kanfa wins EPC for Ghana FPSO
A subsidiary of Sevan Marine ASA, Kanfa has been awarded a letter of award for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of four process modules for the FPSO Yinson Production. The FPSO is expected to commence operations in the OCTP block in 2017. The contract is expected to have a duration of 15 months with...
Lukoil & Hyundai win Gas Plant
A consortium headed by Hyundai Engineering (South Korea) and Lukoil has signed a contract for procurement and construction of the Kandym Gas Processing Plant in Uzbekistan. The facility will have an annual capacity of 8.1 billion cubic metres of gas and will process sour natural gas from the Kandym group of fields located in the...
Alstom wins contract for Delhi rail line
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has awarded Alstom a €25m (£18.5m) contract to carry out 30km of track work for a new line. The new line 7 of Delhi Metro – which is expected to open in December 2016 – is 59km long and includes 38 stations. It is part of the Delhi Metro Phase...
Khodari wins $170m Saudi deal
Saudi Arabian builder Abdullah Abdul Mohsin Al-Khodari and Sons said last week that it had been awarded a $170 million contract from a unit of Saudi Arabian Mining Co. The contract with Ma’aden Waad Al Shamal Phosphate Company was for a “Well Field Package”, Khodari said in a bourse filing without elaborating. It did add...
Fluor awarded pipeline deal
Fluor Corporation announced that it was awarded a contract by NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC, to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for an approximately 250-mile natural gas transmission pipeline in Ohio and Michigan that is capable of transporting 2 billion cubic-feet-per-day of gas. Fluor booked the contract for an undisclosed value in the first...
Pöyry win hydro plant in Cambodia
Hydro Power Lower Se San 2 Company Limited has awarded Pöyry with a consulting assignment for the construction of Lower Se San 2 (LSS2) hydropower plant in Cambodia. The assignment includes Independent Engineer services consisting of construction monitoring and inspection during the entire construction period. The LSS2 hydropower plant will be for power generation with...