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Foster Wheeler acquires Mexican engineering compan

Foster Wheeler AG has acquired NorthAm Engineering S.A. DE CV, a privately held engineering company located in Monterrey, Mexico. NorthAm is one of the largest Mexican engineering and project management companies, with a track record in upstream, offshore and onshore, downstream and power projects.

Linde plans new syngas complex in SE 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.

Ecopetrol discovers hydrocarbons in Colombian well

Ecopetrol S.A. has discovered the presence of hydrocarbons at Cusuco 1, an exploratory well located within the municipality of San Carlos de Guaroa, Meta Province, Colombia. Cusuco 1 is part of the CPO-10 Exploration and Production Agreement of December 2008 between Ecopetrol and the National Hydrocarbons Agency.

UTEC Geomarine completes first North American geoR

UTEC Geomarine has announced the successful completion of its first ever geoROV CPT survey campaign in North America.

Pneumatics with an energy-efficient design

Pneumatic valves are positioned as close to actuators as possible, because shorter tubing lengths reduce the required compressed air by up to 20%.

FTC clears Tesoro-BP deal

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will allow Tesoro to go through with its plans to buy a BP-owned refinery in southern California, bringing the two companies one step closer to sealing the deal sometime this quarter.

New pipeline to triple Mexican gas imports

The construction of a natural gas pipeline from southern Texas to central Mexico for state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, will allow gas imports from the U.S.

Chariot wins bids for exploration blocks in Brazil

Chariot Oil & Gas Limited has won 100% interest and operatorship in four shallow-water exploration licences, BAR-M292, BAR-M-293, BAR-M-313 and BAR-M-314, in the Barreirinhas basin, offshore Brazil.

Strata-X appoints new CFO and CS in Canada

Strata-X Energy announced the appointments of David L. Hettich as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company and Shaun Maskerine as the company's Canadian Corporate Secretary (CS).

Technip wins Pacific NorthWest LNG contract

Technip, leader of a consortium with Samsung Engineering and China’s Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation, was awarded a contract for the front-end engineering design and the early detailed engineering services of a grassroot liquefied natural gas (LNG) project by the Pacific NorthWest LNG Limited Partnership.