Process Optimization
Jacobs acquires majority ownership of India engineering consulting firm
Engineering firm Jacobs has acquired a majority ownership of India-based Consulting Engineering Services (CES). Founded in 1969, CES is a leading power, infrastructure, and civil engineering company in India, headquartered in Delhi.
Honeywell wins $9.6mn EPC deal to upgrade automation systems at Iraq refinery
Honeywell announced on Wednesday that it was selected by North Refineries Co. (NRC) as the main engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor to upgrade automation systems at its refinery in Baiji, Iraq.
CB&I awarded $40mn storage tank project from Bahamas refiner
CB&I has been awarded a storage tank project, valued in excess of $40mn, by the Bahamas Oil Refining Co.
Shell tells Technip, Samsung to begin construction of Australia floating LNG facility
Shell has instructed the Technip Samsung consortium (TSC) to proceed with construction of the first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility in the world, officials said on Tuesday.
Fluor wins engineering excellence award for Spain refinery expansion
Fluor said on Tuesday that it was awarded the 2010 national prize for industrial engineering by Spain’s National Society of Professional Industrial Engineers.
Mexico oil firm PEMEX picks McDermott to build three Gulf pipelines
Engineering firm McDermott has been awarded a contract from Mexican energy major PEMEX for the procurement, construction and installation of three oil and gas pipelines in the Bay of Campeche, each ranging from 8 to 20 inches in diameter.
CB&I awarded $150mn engineering deal for UK Golden Eagle offshore platforms
CB&I said Thursday that it was awarded a $150mn contract by Nexen Petroleum for the detailed engineering of two fixed platforms for the Golden Eagle field in the UK sector of the North Sea.
Honeywell to begin work on new transportation fuels refinery in Iraq
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, said Wednesday that its technology has been selected for a new transportation fuel refinery to be built in Iraq, with design to begin in the second quarter of 2011.
Jacobs wins global services deal from petroleum additives firm Infineum
Jacobs Engineering Group was awarded a contract from Infineum, a world class formulator, manufacturer and marketer of petroleum additives, for a master services agreement for the company's operations in Europe, Asia and North America.
Sweden group picks engineering firm Jacobs for biomass gasification, methanation project
Jacobs Engineering Group announced Tuesday that it received a contract from Goteborg Energi AB for the GoBiGas project, a 20-megawatt biomass gasification and methanation project in Goteborg, Sweden.
- BASF supports European 1,4‑butanediol supply security through increased production in Ludwigshafen 2/16
- Vitol backs proposed $3-billion LNG power plant for South Africa's Durban port 2/16
- HAMR Energy receives additional funding for low-carbon liquid fuels projects 2/16
- NASCAR names POET official bioethanol partner: Becomes first major motorsports series to utilize zero-carbon bioethanol 2/16
- ExxonMobil starts third advanced plastics recycling unit at Baytown complex 2/16
- Geoinform, subsidiary of the MOL Group, signs strategic cooperation agreement with Baker Hughes 2/16

