Engineering & Design
HP Construction: South America
Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a basic engineering design and front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for two grassroots refineries in Brazil ..
HP Construction: Africa
Technip has been awarded a contract by Sonatrach, the Algerian national oil company, for refurbishment and revamping of the Algiers refinery. This lump-sum turnkey contract, worth approximately $908 m..
HP Construction: Middle East
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has awarded a seven-year engineering and maintenance services contract (EMC) to Wood Group–CCC, a joint venture set up to provide operations and maintenance servi..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
CB&I has announced that Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Liaoning Tongyi Petrochemical Co., Ltd., for the license and engineering design of grassroots olefins-conversion technology (OC..
Designing atmospheric crude distillation for bitumen service
Oil sands add complexity to separation units and require a new approach
CITGO starts up Corpus Christi ULSD unit
CITGO Petroleum has completed the construction and startup of a 42,500 bpd unit utilizing the latest technology to produce ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD) at its Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery.
Lummus Technology involved in Chinese phenol plant design
Lummus Technology has a contract with Formosa Chemicals and Fibre Corporation (FCFC) for the license and engineering design of a grassroots cumene and phenol plant to be built in Ningbo, China.
Samsung Engineering breaks into the US plant market
Samsung Engineering has signed a contract for a $411 million chlor-alkali plant with Dow-Mitsui Chlor-Alkali LLC, a joint-venture comprised of Dow Chemical (US) and Mitsui (Japan).
SNC-Lavalin acquires Columbian engineering firm
SNC-Lavalin has acquired Itansuca Proyectos de Ingenieria S.A., an engineering firm of 1,000 professionals and administrative staff in the energy sector based in Bogota, Colombia.
Petrobras signs contract for new units at Refap
Petrobras signed today a contract for the construction of the new diesel hydrotreating unit (HDT II) and the new hydrogen generation unit (UGH II) at the Alberto Pasqualini refinery (Refap) in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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- U.S. EPA expected to send 2026 biofuel blending quotas to White House this week 2/18
- Kent awarded pre-FEED contract for Eq.flight, an advanced power-to-liquids SAF project 2/18
- ABB launches integrated carbon capture measurement solution to accelerate industrial decarbonization 2/18
- CONSER awarded technology licensing/PDP contract for DMS and BDO plant in China 2/18
- Singapore marine fuel sales maintain strong start in early 2026 2/18
