Refining
HP Construction: Middle East
GS Engineering & Construction Corp. has signed a $556 million deal to build a gas storage facility in Kuwait. Under the deal with the state-run Kuwait National Petroleum Co., GS Engineering will compl..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
Lummus Technology, a CB&I company, has a contract from Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Inc. LLP (KPI) for the license and basic engineering of a propane dehydrogenation unit and a polypropylene pl..
Marathon Oil to buy $3.5 billion in Eagle Ford shale
Marathon Oil reached an agreement with Hilcorp Resources to purchase assets in the core of the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas for $3.5 billion, subject to closing adjustments, customary terms and conditions.
LyondellBasell will seek sale of France refinery, turns site focus to petrochemicals
LyondellBasell is attempting to sell its 105,000 bpd refinery at Berre, France, as part of a plan to focus on petrochemical assets at that location.
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.
Offshore advances make Gulf drilling safe - API
The US should more quickly issue permits for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico as the industry has taken considerable steps to improve its safety practices, American Petroleum Institute CEO Jack Gerard said in a recent conference address.
Age of pipeline systems unrelated to spill risk – new European study
European environmental and safety group CONCAWE recently released results of a new study, showing that there is no evidence that the aging of a pipeline system poses any greater level of spillage risk.
New US bill seeks longer biofuels contracts
Extended purchasing contracts for advanced biofuels from the US Department of Defense (DOD) could help companies unlock more investment opportunities to build biorefineries, a biotechnology trade group said on Friday.
Aker Solutions wins offshore loading systems contracts in Brazil
Aker Solutions has won two contracts worth 120 million NOK ($21.8 million) for the supply of its Pusnes offloading systems to two FPSOs in the Brazilian market.
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