Abu Dhabi’s NPCC wins $327m offshore contract in India
National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), part of Senaat Abu Dhabi, has won an EPC contract for 5 Well Platforms and Pipeline for Ratna field from ONGC as part of Offshore Oil & Gas Infrastructure development on the west coast of India. NNPCC, a leading international EPC contractor, provides Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning services...
John Holland wins 270km pipeline contract Australia
John Holland has been awarded the contract by WaterNSW to design, build, operate and maintain a new 270km water supply pipeline from the River Murray in Wentworth to Broken Hill. They will work with MPC Group to construct the new pipeline, including pumping facilities, water storage and power supply, and then partner with TRILITY for...
L &T wins US$264m Kuwait pipeline contract
L&T’s Hydrocarbon Division has bagged a major pipeline contract with a value close to US$264m from Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) for Engineering, Procurement and Construction of a new 48” Crude Transit Line (TL- 5) from North Kuwait to Ahmadi. The completion of the project is scheduled in the third quarter of 2020. The order was...
Vinci wins $69 million Vietnamese pipleline contract
Vinci Construction subsidiaries, Vinci Construction Grands Projets and Bessac (Soletanche Bachy) have won the contract to design and build a 10 km treated water transmission pipeline to supply the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, the economic capital of Vietnam. The project is funded by the Asian Development Bank and Sawaco (Saigon Water Corporation) as...
Enoc awards pipeline deal for Jebel Ali refinery expansion
Enoc Group awarded the final contract of three packages that comprise its US$1 billion refinery expansion programme to Overseas-AST. The Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract includes the construction of various interconnecting pipelines between the refinery’s processing units, the storage tanks and the berth facilities within Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA). The pipelines, which range...
Van Oord JV awarded 1,200km Baltic pipeline contract
Van Oord has been awarded a Letter of Intent (LoI) in joint venture with Boskalis for rock placement services for the Nord Stream 2 project. The award was made by the project developer Nord Stream 2 AG and is a part of the construction of the planned twin 1,200 kilometer gas pipelines running through the...
Saudi KAD awarded Aramco pipeline contract
Saudi Aramco has awarded a key contract to Saudi KAD, one of the leading engineering, procurement and construction companies for its strategic pipeline projects relating to the Master Gas Program Phase II, and the Fadhili Gas Program. On project completion in 2018, the Master Gas System capacity will increase to 12.5 billion standard cubic feet...
TAP awards 3 pipeline equipment contracts
Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) has awarded three contracts for the engineering, manufacturing and delivery of 48” and 36” fittings, isolating joints and scraper traps. This equipment will perform various key functions, and will be installed along the TAP route, in line with the project technical specification. Industria Meccanica Bassi was awarded two contracts: first,...
Bahrain, Saudi sign $300m new oil pipeline deals
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have signed contracts worth approximately $300m to lay a new 350,000-barrel per day (bpd) oil pipeline between the two countries, with the link due to be operational in 2018, Bahrain’s Energy Minister said yesterday. Bahrain relies on output from the Abu Safa oil field that it shares with Saudi Arabia for...
TAP get green light from Italy
TAP gets green light from Italy to move ahead with construction in 2016 as the Italian Government has granted Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) its Single Authorisation Permit. The Single Authorisation is a key permit that allows TAP to move ahead with the start of pipeline construction by May 16, 2016. It was signed by the...
TAP gets green light from Italy
TAP has got the green light from Italy to move ahead with construction in 2016, as the Italian Government has granted Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) its Single Authorisation Permit. The Single Authorisation is a key permit that allows TAP to move ahead with the start of pipeline construction by May 16, 2016. It was signed...
Need For Construction Workers Keeps Building in Australia
Expat builders looking for a chance to start a new life in Australia should pack their bags, because the number of opportunities opening up in the construction industry continues to grow, writes Fiona Mayers. Recent figures from the building and construction survey, carried out by Master Builders Australia, have confirmed that the construction industry is...