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Bechtel wins major petchem projects in Egypt

Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, announced that the company has been awarded two contracts by Carbon Holdings of Egypt: one to provide project management services for the Tahrir Petrochemicals Complex at Ain Sokhna, Egypt, and one to build two new polypropylene units at an adjacent site. In its project management role,...

Bechtel wins Saudi NPMO project contract

Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, has been awarded a contract to support setting up and operating the National Project Management Organization (NPMO) in Saudi Arabia. NPMO (known as “Mashroat”) will support Saudi government agencies to effectively deliver complex infrastructure projects, in line with Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030” plan to modernize the...

Bechtel Gets Five-Year Extension on Jubail Project

Bechtel Extends Contract on World’s Largest Civil Engineering Project. Bechtel has signed a five-year contract extension with the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu to continue its long standing management services work at Jubail and Ras Al Khair industrial cities. The Jubail project in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia is recognized as the world’s...

Horizon Creates New JV with Bechtel and JGC

Horizon Nuclear Power Limited (Horizon), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. has today appointed “Menter Newydd”, a specially created world-class joint venture, to help deliver the company’s lead nuclear new build project, Wylfa Newydd. Menter Newydd, meaning New Venture in Welsh, is a joint venture of Hitachi Nuclear Energy Europe, Ltd., Bechtel Management Company,...

Alba names Bechtel for EPCM $3.5bn contract

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the Bahrain-based leading international aluminium smelter, is pleased to announce International Bechtel Co. Ltd. (Bechtel) as the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCM) contractor for its landmark Line 6 Expansion Project. Under the terms of the contract, Bechtel will be responsible to design and construct the sixth potline as well as...

Wood Group wins Kazakh contract

Wood Group has been awarded the multi-million dollar contract by Bechtel for providing an automation solution consisting of detailed engineering, control hardware and remote instrument enclosures (RIEs) for Tengizchevroil’s (TCO’s) Crude Storage Capacity Project at the Tengiz Field in Kazakhstan. The project will increase capacity of the tank farm to accommodate the upgrading of the...

Bechtel wins FEED for U.S. first FLNG vessel

Bechtel has been selected by Delfin LNG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fairwood Peninsula Energy Corporation, to perform front-end engineering and design for the first U.S.-based floating liquefied natural gas vessel (FLNGV) to go into service at Port Delfin. Port Delfin is a proposed deepwater port and floating LNG facility that will be located approximately 50...