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Siemens has been awarded Petrobras gas turbine package order

Siemens Power and Gas, including its Dresser-Rand business, received an order for four SGT-A35 gas turbine power generation packages and two SGT-A35-driven DATUM CO2 compressor packages for MODEC’s Sépia floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The vessel, which is named “FPSO Carioca MV30,” will be deployed at the Sépia field operated by Petrobras, located...

Siemens secures $825m Libya power project contracts

Siemens has signed contracts with the state-owned utility General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) to expand Libya’s power generation capacity by approximately 1.3 gigawatts (GW). The agreements were signed in Berlin in the presence of Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj, Chairman of the Presidential Council and Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord of Libya; Mohamed...

Siemens wins Jordan Power Plant contract

Siemens will supply the key components for the Attarat steam power plant in Jordan. The customer China Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Power Engineering Co. Ltd. will build the facility as general contractor for the operator of the plant, the Attarat Power Company. Siemens’ scope of supply comprises two SST5-5000 steam turbines, two air-cooled SGen5-1200A generators,...

Siemens wins order to expand Kuwait power plant

Siemens has received an order to deliver an industrial steam turbine package to expand the Az Zour South 3 open cycle gas turbine power plant to a combined cycle power plant. The plant is located in Kuwait and is operated by the Ministry of Electricity & Water (MEW). Siemens’ customer is the Chinese EPC contractor...

Siemens secure $400m Saudi turbines deal

Siemens has received an order for five F-class gas turbines for a combined heat and power (CHP) plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With an electrical generating capacity of about 1,500 megawatts (MW), the plant will supply about 400 MW of electricity and process steam to a new natural gas extraction plant in Fadhili...

Alba awards new PDS contract to Siemens

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), home-base of the Line 6 Expansion Project, announced that it has awarded Siemens the Power Distribution System (PDS) contract for Power Station 5 (PS 5). Under the terms of this contract, Siemens will be responsible to design, engineer, procure, construct and commission High Voltage electrical network comprising distribution switchgears and transformers...

Siemens to build major new power plant in UAE

Siemens is to develop a major gas-fired power plant in the Northern Emirates to help the demand for its growing power needs. The German company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Federal Electricity and Water Authority (Fewa) for the construction of a 2.2 gigawatt plant in the Northern Emirates to “enhance the electricity...

Siemens in key Abu Dhabi airport expansion deal

Siemens, the global technology powerhouse, has joined hands with Abu Dhabi Airports to launch a number of key capacity expansion initiatives at the UAE capital’s airport for significantly improving its overall operational efficiency. The projects are part of the upgrade of the baggage handling system at the capital’s airport, aimed at increasing its capacity and...