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Exelon-Constellation merger closes

Exelon Corporation and Constellation Energy have completed their merger, effective 12 March 2012. The merger creates one of the largest retail customer bases and the leading U.S. competitive energy provider with one of the cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets in the industry.

Foster Wheeler awarded Dominican LNG terminal cont

    A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded the basic design and front-end engineering design contract by Complejo GNL del Este.

Dean M. Flatt elected to Curtiss-Wright BoD

Twelve-year veteran of the aerospace and defense industry, Dean M. Flatt has been elected to serve on Board of Directors, as a member of the audit committee and the committee on directors and governance for Curtiss-Wright Corporation.

Smalley introduces new mobile site

    Smalley Steel Ring Company, manufacturer of Spirolox® retaining rings, constant section rings and wave springs has launched a new mobile web site www.

Genesis awarded Shell SURF contract

Shell Global Solutions International B.V. has awarded Genesis an Enterprise Framework Agreement covering subsea umbilical rises and flowlines, engineering and project management services. The contract to be initially managed by Genesis’ Houston office, will focus on Shell’s Gulf of Mexico and Brazil activities for a duration of five years with the option to extend the agreement for another five years.

WorleyParsons wins contracts

TransCanada has awarded two fabrication and construction contracts worth CAD 58 million for work on its terminal in Hardisty, Alberta, to WorleyParsons. The Australian engineering company’s Canadian subsidiary WorleyParsonsCord will conduct brownfield work on Terminal A and plant construction work at Terminal B at the facility.

ValvXpress™ actuator package

ValvTechnologies, manufacturer of zero-leakage, severe service isolation valve solutions has developed ValvXpress™, an off-the-shelf, valve, mounting kit and actuator package.

MarkWest announces Utica & Marcellus Expansion

    MarkWest Energy will operate about 2.3Bcf/d and 300,000Bbl/d of fractionation capacity, serving the Northeast shales, which includes the Utica, Marcellus and Huron, once expansion plan is complete.

Governments implementing Canadian oil sands monito

    The province of Alberta and Canadian federal governments have unveiled the Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring, a plan to increase water, air, land and biodiversity monitoring of the country’s oil sands regions.

Boardwalk building gas plant in Texas

  Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP subsidiary, Boardwalk Field Services LLC will be constructing a cryogenic gas processing plant to serve producers in the Eagle Ford Shale and will be expanding its gathering system.