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KBR JV Wins Two FEED Contracts from Azerbaijan International Oil Company

KBR, Inc.  announced  that its joint venture with SOCAR has been awarded two separate Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contracts for a new Production, Drilling, Quarters (PDQ) platform – the Azeri Central East (ACE) platform – to be located in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. The contracts cover the...

KBR JV secures FEED contract for Azaerbaijan’s big gas field

KBR, Inc. announced that the SOCAR-KBR Limited Liability Company (SKLLC) joint venture has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for the topsides of the Absheron Early Production Project. The platform will be located at SOCAR’s Oil Rocks facility and will deliver gas and condensate into the SOCAR network. This award marks the 3rd...

EnerMech wins $50M worth of Caspian contracts

Mechanical services group EnerMech has strengthened its market position in the Caspian region by securing contracts with major operators valued at more than £40 million. The contracts involve a number of EnerMech service lines including cranes and lifting, process, pipelines & umbilicals, valves, training and industrial services. Aberdeen-headquartered EnerMech has been awarded a three-year contract...

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...

Wood Group wins $500m EPCM contract in Azerbaijan

Wood Group has won a new five year contract with BP-operated projects, valued at $500 million, to deliver services to eight facilities, offshore Azerbaijan. Effective immediately, Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will provide engineering, procurement and construction management services (EPCM) under the contract, which has the option of two, two year extensions. Creating approximately 200 new...

Kentech win major work in Azerbaijan & Georgia

Kentech Global Services (KGS) has been awarded a major work in Azerbaijan and Georgia with a major multi-disciplinary commissioning technical services contract by BP. KGS will provide a fully managed service for the provision of qualified commissioning technicians in Azerbaijan (Shah Deniz 2 and SCPX) and Georgia (SCPX only) under a three (3) year contract....

Contractor Openings Rise In Emerging Energy Markets

Despite a slowdown in some of the major global economies and growing concerns over rapidly falling oil prices, there are a number of nations whose energy markets continue to thrive. According to contracting services specialists CXC Global, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Mozambique are three examples of countries where demand for specialists in the oil and gas...

Fluor PMC for OGPC Project Azerbaijan

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), awarded Fluor Limited (NYSE: FLR) a contract to provide project management contractor(PMC) services for its new oil-gas processing and petrochemical complex (OGPC) in Azerbaijan. Fluor will book the contract for an undisclosed value in the first quarter of 2015. The OGPC megaproject has multiple interfaces not only...