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Shaw lands technology upgrading deal for FCC unit at Thailand refinery

The Shaw Group was awarded a contract to provide the technology license and process design package for the revamp of a residue fluid catalytic cracking (RFCC) unit for Star Petroleum Refining Co. in Map Ta Phut, Thailand. The upgrade will incorporate the latest advances in reactor system technology.

Aker to buy Norway engineering firm Sandnessjøen

Aker Solutions has acquired Norwegian engineering company Sandnessjøen Engineering, seeking to strengthen its presence in northern Norway and grow its engineering capacity for offshore projects. The deal is expected to be completed in mid-February. Transaction value was undisclosed.

HP Construction: North America

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Sundrop Fuels, Inc., plans to construct and operate its first production facility on about 1,200 acres of land that it has purchased near Alexandria, Louisiana. The inaugural plant will use sustainabl..

HP Construction: South America

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Toyo Engineering Corp., in consortium with Y&V Ingeniería y Construcción, C.A., has a project management consultant (PMC) contract for the heavy-oil upgrading project of Petróleos de Ve..

HP Construction: Europe

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Lummus Technology, a CB&I company, has been awarded a contract by CJSC Vostochnaya Neftechimicheskaya (VNHK), a subsidiary of OJSC Rosneft, for the license and basic engineering of a naphtha steam-cra..

HP Construction: Middle East

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The State of Qatar’s Minister of Energy and Industry, Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, and Shell’s CEO, Peter Voser, have signed an agreement to develop a world-scale petrochemicals complex i..

HP Construction: Asia-Pacific

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The Linde Group is set to build and operate a new hydrogen plant in the Jilin Chemical Industrial Park (JCIP) in northeast China. The company will be investing around €42 million in the first pha..

ExxonMobil licenses technology on oil sands steam injection to Baker Hughes

ExxonMobil has awarded the first license for its patented steam injection system and production method to Baker Hughes to improve the efficiency of in-situ oil sands projects. The technology provides more effective regulation and distribution of steam in long horizontal wells.

Foster Wheeler to study refinery modernization project in Albania

Foster Wheeler was awarded a feasibility study by Albanian Refining & Marketing of Oil sh.a. (ARMO) relating to the modernization of two refineries, located at Ballsh and Fier in Albania. The study is expected to be completed by mid-2012, and its contract value was not disclosed.

Shell, ORTEC form alliance on technical consulting

Shell and ORTEC formed a global cooperation alliance, focusing on the optimization of supply chain processes and strategic decision making in up - and downstream engineering disciplines like planning & scheduling, gas field production capacity optimization, spare parts management, and cost estimating.