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CB&I awarded petrochemical project contracts

CB&I has been awarded contracts for the technology license, basic engineering and front end engineering and design (FEED) services for a proposed ethane cracker by Occidental Chemical Corporation.

OW Bunker to supply low sulphur fuel

 Responds to increased ECA demand with launch of LSFO supply barge OW Bunker, one of the world’s leading suppliers and traders of marine fuel and lubricants, has announced that it will supply low sulphur 1% RMG 380cst fuel from Balboa, Panama from mid-October 2012.

ID cleanup project contract renewed

A company formed by CH2M Hill and URS Corp. will continue to clean up waste at the Idaho National Laboratory for another three years under a USD 730 million-contract extension announced earlier this week. CH2M-WG Idaho will continue its work managing spent fuel and cleaning up solid and liquid waste at the Department of Energy site near Idaho Falls that has hosted nuclear power research projects since 1949.

FirstEnergy considers converting coal-fired plant

FirstEnergy Corp. is studying natural gas pricing trends to determine if the company should convert its 1,710 MW Hatfields Ferry coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania to natural gas, according to Platts. The low NOx burners at the plant's three units are due to be replaced and the company is considering replacing them with technology that allows co-firing gas with coal, a spokesman was quoted as saying in the article.

Honeywell to acquire Thomas Russell Co.

Honeywell said that its UOP business has signed a definitive agreement to purchase a 70 percent-stake in Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Thomas Russell Co., a privately-held, leading provider of technology and equipment for natural gas processing and treating.

WPS to buy Fox Energy Co. LLC

Integrys Energy Group announced that its subsidiary, Wisconsin Public Service Corp. (WPS), has agreed to buy Fox Energy Co.

Additional coal-fired retirements expected

The Brattle Group released a report examining the impact of emerging Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality regulations on coal-fired power plants.

Coal-fired plants to be retired Oct. 1

Progress Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, will officially retire two coal-fired power plants Oct.

Enbridge approved for Woodland Pipeline Extension

Enbridge Pipelines Inc. has announced that it has received approval from the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board to begin construction on the Woodland Pipeline Extension Project. Enbridge Pipelines Inc.

Sunoco to open Marcellus Shale refinery

Sunoco has announced a pipeline project to deliver propane and ethane from the liquid-rich Marcellus Shale areas in Western Pennsylvania to Sunoco’s facility in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.