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AmecFW wins FEED contract for Total’s Donges refinery

Amec Foster Wheeler announces that it has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Total Raffinage France, a subsidiary of Total, the French multinational integrated oil and gas company. Total has stated that the Donges refinery currently lacks desulphurisation capacity, and a significant proportion of its fuels are therefore exported because they no...

AmecFW lands BP International contract

Amec Foster Wheeler announced that it has been awarded a global framework contract by BP International to provide engineering, procurement support and project management services for pre-FEED (front end engineering and design) and FEED work across a range of projects. The award will allow Amec Foster Wheeler to use its deep experience and culture of...

AmecFW win Estonia Enefit Energy contract

Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract from Enefit Energy in Estonia for the delivery of a boiler technology upgrade project. This will increase oil shale retort gas combustion in an existing circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) boiler that was supplied by Amec Foster Wheeler in 2004. Today, retort...

Amec FW wins Abu Dhabi field contract

Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded an extension to its existing Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract for the UZ750 project in the Upper Zakum (UZ) oil field. The value of the contract has not been announced. The contract was award by the Zakum Development Company (Zadco), which operates the field through a venture involving the...

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.