Projects

Houston based Cheniere Energy shipped out in December its first cargo of Liquefied Natural Gas from its Port of Corpus Christi in Texas, where thousands of highly engineered AMPO POYAM valves are currently installed.

Sempra Energy announced that it has received the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct the Port Arthur LNG natural gas liquefaction-export project in Jefferson County, Texas, as well as the Texas and Louisiana connector pipeline projects that will deliver natural gas to the new export facility.

Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum announced the decision to finance a USD$10billion project to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Texas Gulf Coast.

Exmar said its first floating LNG (FLNG) production unit Tango FLNG has berthed in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. The shipowner said that the Caribbean FLNG will stay in Bahia Blanca and produce LNG for export for YPF over a ten-year period.

Royal Dutch Shell plc, through its subsidiary Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (Shell), announces with consortium partners, the start of production at the Lula North deep-water project in the Brazilian Santos Basin.

WorleyParsons has been awarded an engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction (EPC) contract for the Pipestone Processing Facility in Alberta, Canada by Encana Corporation (Encana).

McDermott International, Inc.

BP Ventures has invested $5 million in Belmont Technology’s Series A financing to further bolster BP’s artificial intelligence (AI) and digital capabilities in its Upstream business.

LNG Canada announced the value of contracts and subcontracts approved as of December 2018, following the first three months of the construction phase of the large-scale LNG export project near Kitimat, British Columbia.

Metso has delivered the first valves with 3D printed parts from its Helsinki plant. The valves include 3D printed metal components that allow the valves to perform in a particularly demanding application where they need to withstand numerous fast open-close cycles without maintenance.