Projects

Keep track with new project development across the globe in various sectors. We also cover existing projects (upgrades, extensions etc.).

Wood Group wins refinery maintenance contract

Phillips 66 has awarded Wood Group a five-year contract to provide supplemental maintenance services and support for small capital construction projects and turnarounds to the Sweeny Refinery.

Saint-Gobain Seals teams up with Boston University

Saint-Gobain Seals’ team members collaborated with Boston University students to improve the machining process for Meldin® split piston rings that are designed and manufactured at the Bristol, Rhode Island, site.

Emerson begins expansion project in Ohio

Emerson recently began the first stages of its Sidney, Ohio, compressor plant expansion project, which is expected to represent a USD $100 million investment, including an upgrade to the existing facility and the addition of nearly 20,000 square feet of office and engineering space.

Jacobs wins contract for rehabilitation project

PEMEX Fertilizantes has awarded Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. a contract to deliver project management contract services for the Ammonia IV Rehabilitation Project in the Cosoleacaque Petrochemical Complex in Veracruz, Mexico.

Amec Foster Wheeler wins refinery FEED contract

Amec Foster Wheeler, an international company with numerous locations in the US, has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Total Raffinage France, a subsidiary of Total, for its Donges refinery.

Fluor wins EPCM contract for isononanol plant

Petronas Refinery and Petrochemical Corp. Sdn. Bhd has awarded Fluor Corp., which is headquartered in Texas, USA, an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for an isononanol plant located in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia.

API welcomes nominations to FERC

API (American Petroleum Institute) recently welcomed the administration’s nominations of Richard Glick to be a Commissioner and Kevin McIntyre to be the Chairman of FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission).

Schlumberger awarded EPCIC contract

OneSubsea, a subsidiary of Texas-based oilfield services company Schlumberger Limited, recently announced the award of an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract for a subsea multiphase boosting system by TAQA for the Otter field in the UK North Sea.

Emerson to launch USD $100M renovation project

Emerson recently announced plans for a major renovation and expansion of the labs and offices at its existing one-million-square-foot facility in Sidney, Ohio.

Protecting equipment in subsea valve applications

The oil and gas sector as a whole is operating in a tough market environment at present and operators, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and the wider supply chain is having to adapt.