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Cimarex announces sale of property

Cimarex Energy Co. has entered into an agreement to sell certain non-core long-lived oil and gas properties in Texas. The properties are to be sold for USD$294 million.   The sale is anticipated to close before the end of 2012.

ADA awarded contracts for green solutions

ADA-ES, Inc. has announced that it has been awarded two contracts for activated carbon injection (ACI) systems and its subsidiary BCSI, LLC has been selected to supply up to four dry sorbent injection (DSI) systems as part of a larger air pollution control contract for a fleet of coal-fired generating plants.

Siemens Wins Order for Venezuelan Power Plant

Siemens has won an order to be the supplier of two power islands for the Juan Manuel Valdez Güiria combined cycle power plants in Venezuela for Elecnor, one of Spain’s leading engineering and construction companies.

ThyssenKrupp wins mega contract for fertilizer pla

CF Industries has selected ThyssenKrupp Uhde to provide engineering and supply services for two fertilizer complexes in the U.S.

Seneca to convert Marcellus drilling rigs to LNG

Seneca Resources Corporation has announced plans to complete the conversion of two of its Pennsylvania drilling rigs to cleaner-burning natural gas in an effort to displace the diesel fuel currently being used to power equipment at the well site.

Technip awarded FEED contracts with Dow

The Dow Chemical Company has awarded Technip with a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract and cracking furnaces engineering and procurement services for a large world-scale ethylene production plant to be located at Dow Texas Operations in Freeport, Texas.

Fluor wins contract for MacKay River Oil Sands Pro

Suncor Energy has awarded Fluor Corporation with a contract to provide front-end project management and engineering services on the energy company's MacKay River Phase 2 oil sands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.

GE Oil & Gas increase growth/hiring in Houston

GE Oil & Gas senior executive Supply Chair, Paul Smith announced that company would be hiring over 200 production manufacturing positions and more than 30 salaried supply-chain positions, in order to grow and increase capacity in Houston, Texas.

Tourmaline to buy Huron Energy

Canadian oil company, Tourmaline Oil Corp. has announced that it will buy privately held oil and gas producer Huron Energy Corp to expand its Montney shale presence in British Columbia.

Halcon to buy oil/gas assets in Williston Basin

Halcon Resources Corp. will be purchasing producing and undeveloped oil & gas asserts in the Williston Basin from Petro-Hunt LLC and an affiliate.