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AmecFW wins India LNG Regas contract

Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a contract by Indian Oil LNG Private Ltd. Co. (IOLPL) for the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal in Ennore, Tamil Nadu, on the east coast of India. This award follows the successful completion of a front end engineering and design contract for the terminal in...

AmecFW awarded Singapore EPCM contract

Amec Foster Wheeler wins world-scale methionine facility contract in Singapore: • Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management (EPCM) contract • Second world-scale production plant by Evonik for the amino acid DL-methionine in Singapore • Targeted capacity of 150,000 metric tons per annum Amec Foster Wheeler announces today it has been awarded the basic engineering and Engineering, Procurement,...

AmecFW land Kuwait FEED contract

Amec Foster Wheeler announces that it has been awarded a front end engineering design (FEED) contract by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) to upgrade its Oil Gathering Centre GC-24. This project continues Amec Foster Wheeler’s work with KOC on major projects since 2004, which has recently included three new Gathering Centres and strategic pipeline projects in...

AmecFW awarded Azerbaijan FEED contract

Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract to modernise the Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery (HAOR) in Baku, Azerbaijan. The contract, awarded by the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), is part of a major investment to increase the refinery’s capacity and improve the quality of the...

Amec FW awarded Pfizer Saudi Arabian contract

Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a contract for the commissioning and qualification management for Pfizer Saudi’s Greenfield pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), in Rabigh, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Amec Foster Wheeler’s services will include commissioning management and coordination, and facilitation of the operational qualification...

Amec FW win Zeebrugge LNG terminal

Amec Foster Wheeler announced that it has been awarded a detailed engineering contract by Felguera IHI (a company owned by Duro Felguera Group) for the expansion of the Zeebrugge Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal in Belgium. The value of the contract, to be delivered over the next 15 months, has not been announced. Amec Foster...

Amec Foster Wheeler win Malaysia contract

Amec Foster Wheeler have announced the award of a contract by SKS Corporation Sdn Bhd, together with Petromin Corporation of Saudi Arabia, another Asian partner and Ocenia PTE Ltd of Japan, to supply consultancy services for a proposed new refinery and petrochemical complex in Kedah state, Malaysia.The value of the consultancy contract, which will be...

Amec Foster Wheeler win EPC Gold Mine contract

Amec Foster Wheeler announced that it has been awarded the initial phase of an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract by Anagold Madencilik for the expansion of the Çopler Gold Mine in the Çöpler District, Erzincan Province, Turkey. The value of the reimbursable contract has not been disclosed. The work will include detailed engineering and...

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...

Moving Abroad Checklist

Initial Considerations

Will your partner be travelling with you?

If so, what will they be giving up in your present home and will they be able to continue with their career in your new home? You will need to check whether a separate visa is required for your partner to work or if your visa gives that right. If they are unable to work you will need to decide on the effect on your finances and what alternatives are available to give a fulfilling life (home business, training, voluntary work).

Are you taking family with you?

Moving with family raises many exciting opportunities, but also can create challenges. The HSBC Expat Explorer survey indicates that expat kids can take six months to settle in to their new country (see article). Getting young or even older children to prepare to move and leave their friends and family behind can be a challenge and should be thought through.

The options for education is another area that needs to be thought through.

Moving your child to a new country with a different education system can be a great opportunity to broaden their experience, but if they are close to key exams the timing can make this inadvisable. If you do take your family with you, it is important to decide between joining the local school system or choosing an international school.

Where will you be living?

Whether you will be living in a house or apartment, furnished or unfurnished, these decisions will affect what you need to take with you. The time you are planning to live overseas will also affect whether you should leave your property at home empty, rent it out or sell it. See the article Sell, Store or Ship.