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Swiber wins EPCIC contract in S.Asia

US$310 million contract for EPCIC services from a national company in South Asia Swiber Holdings Limited (“Swiber” or together with its subsidiaries, “the Group”), a leading global provider of integrated offshore construction and support services to the oil and gas industry, has secured its second largest contract win in the Group’s corporate history – an...

Subsea 7 lands Persephone contract

Woodside Energy Ltd for the Persephone Work Pack 2 Fabrication, Subsea Installation and Diving Services project, offshore Australia. The Persephone Project consists of two wells tied into a subsea production manifold with production fluids transported to the existing North Rankin Complex (NRC). The contract comprises fabrication, transportation, installation and pre-commissioning activities within the principal scope of work, with additional...

Thales to develop Doha port

French-based communication and security provider Thales and Doha Port and have signed a contract under which the latter will construct the infrastructure of the communication and security systems for the  New Port project in Qatar, the report said. Thales will also fix all the equipment of security services in the project, and install the security...

Siemens wins CCPP order from Malta

Siemens said it has been awarded an order by Electrogas Malta for the turnkey construction of a 200 megawatt natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant. The order value for Siemens is about EUR 175 million, the company informed. The CCPP is part of a program of the government of Malta to phase out the use of...

Tecnicas Reunidas wins gas project

Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas (TR) has been awarded a $700m contract by Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (GASCO) for the construction of the Integrated Gas Development Expansion Project Package 3 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. GASCO is a joint venture with the participation of ADNOC, Shell and Total. This project is part of the Abu Dhabi National Oil...

Saipem wins $1.8bn pipeline deal

Italian, Saipem has been awarded a $1.8bn contract to construct two 95km underwater pipelines in the Kazakhstan area of the Caspian Sea were the largest and most expensive, oil discover for the past 40 years is being exploited. The award was made by the North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC), an oil operator that was set...

Tahoe Resources buys Rio Alto Mining

Canada-based gold mining company Tahoe Resources has agreed to buy Rio Alto Mining in a transaction worth C$1.4bn ($1.12bn) to expand its presence in Latin America. Under the deal, the companies will combine their businesses to create a new metals-producing firm. The joint business will own Escobal silver mine in Guatemala, the Shahuindo gold project...

ConnocoPhillips awards deal to Jacobs

Jacobs Engineering Group ha said it was awarded a multi-year engineering services agreement by ConocoPhillips to support the sustaining capital program for the Australia Pacific LNG facility after its completion. The facility is located on Curtis Island in Queensland, Australia and consists of two LNG trains, each capable of producing 4.5Mtpa of LNG. First LNG...

Tecnimont wins Das Island work

Maire Tecnimont’s subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. in Consortium with Archirodon has received a Letter of Award (LOA) for an EPC contract with Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company Ltd. (ADGAS) for the execution of the Package 1 of the IGD Expansion Project (IGD-E) on Das Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Overall project value is about $490 million for...

UAE gas firms award $1.6bn contracts

GASCO, Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Co and ADGAS, Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Co said they had awarded about $1.6 billion worth of contracts to expand the country’s natural gas processing facilities. The contracts for EPC, engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning work were awarded to a consortium involving Italy’s Maire Tecnimont and Greece’s Archirodon, Spain’s Tecnicas...

Gilbane win Saudi building contract

US-based international construction company, Gilbane Federal, has been awarded a $166 million design and build construction project for the Royal Saudi Air Force. The project at King Khalid Air Base, which has been awarded by the US Department of Defence (DoD), aims to provide facilities necessary to support the modernisation of the F-15SA aircraft at...

ETA ASCON to build Abu Dhabi School

ETA ASCON Construction has been awarded the New International School Project located in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). The development encompasses a two-storey school that includes a mosque with a capacity for 95 people. External work includes shaded playing areas, boundary wall, shaded and exposed car parking, buses parking...