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Petrobras starts pre-salt production

Petrobras has put FPSO Cidade de Paraty onstream June 6 to begin commercial production in the Santos Basin Lula Nordeste pre-salt.

Devon Energy forms midstream master limited partne

Devon Energy Corporation’s board of directors has approved a plan to form a publicly traded midstream master limited partnership (MLP).

Wood Group providing services for pipeline project

Wood Group Mustang has been selected by Williams to provide survey, engineering, design and program management for its Purity Pipeline projects.

GDF SUEZ to supply LNG as a Vehicle Fuel

GDF SUEZ Gas NA has begun supplying Transgas, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucking company in the Northeast, with LNG for use as a vehicle fuel.

BP to add two rigs in Alaskan expansion

BP has announced plans to invest USD 1B over the next five years at its Alaskan operations for adding two new drilling rigs to its exploration of the North Slope.

Linde to invest USD 200M in Texas

Linde North America will invest more than USD 200M to build a large, state-of-the art air separation unit (ASU), a new gasification train and supporting equipment and facilities at La Porte, Texas.

Emerson introduces solution for Rockwell PLCs

Control Techniques, an Emerson Industrial Automation company, released its Digitax ST-X indexing servo motor drive with EtherNet/IP™, a new variant of the company’s popular Digitax ST series of pulse duty servo drives.

Tenaris becomes Petrobras supplier

Tenaris, a leading supplier of tubes and related services for the world's energy industry and other industrial applications, has signed a contract to supply Petrobras with 9 5/8 casing with TenarisHydril Blue premium connections for offshore exploration wells over the upcoming years. The TenarisHydril Blue connections have been developed to face the most challenging E&P environments and tested in accordance with ISO 13679 CAL IV.

Technip wins subsea contract in the Gulf of Mexico

Exxon Mobil Corporation has awarded Technip a substantial lump-sum contract for the development of the Julia field located in the Walker Ridge area of the Gulf of Mexico, at a water depth of approximately 7,200 feet. The contract covers the project management, engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of more than 48 kilometers of 10.75-inch outer diameter insulated flowlines, steel catenary risers and flowline end terminations. Technip's operating center in Houston, Texas will perform the overall project management, with detailed flowline design being completed by Genesis, Technip’s wholly-owned subsidiary.

Wood Group Mustang awarded contract by Dow

Wood Group Mustang has been awarded a contract by The Dow Chemical Company to provide services for construction of approximately 140 miles of ethane, ethylene, propane and propylene pipelines, associated interconnections, and station modifications between Dow Texas Operations in Freeport, Texas, and facilities at Mt.