Projects

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

Metso to supply Neles valves in Oman

Metso, a world leading industrial company, with many locations throughout the Americas, will supply 400 Neles® emergency shutdown (ESD) valves for an ethylene cracker as part of the new Liwa Plastics Industrial Complex (LPIC) Project in Sohar, Oman.

Shell opens oil & gas treatment plant

Shell recently opened a 10,000-bpd oil and gas treatment plant in its acreage in the Vaca Muerta shale formation in Argentina.

TechnipFMC & DOF Subsea begin charter contract

TechnipFMC and DOF Subsea (DOF) have announced that the Skandi Búzios, a pipelay support vessel (PLSV) owned by the joint venture formed between TechnipFMC and DOF, commenced its 8-year charter contract with Petróleo Brasileiro S.

MRC Global awarded contract by PBF Energy Company

MRC Global Inc. announced that its subsidiary, MRC Global (US) Inc., has been awarded an agreement to be the preferred provider of pipe, valve and fitting (PVF) products and services to PBF Energy Company LLC (PBF).

Kinder Morgan & DCP to partner on pipeline project

Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC (KMTP), a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc., and DCP Midstream, LP have announced they have signed a letter of intent for DCP to participate in the development of the proposed Gulf Coast Express pipeline project, which will provide an outlet for increased natural gas production from the Permian Basin to growing markets along the Texas Gulf Coast.

BP awards contract to Amec Foster Wheeler

Amec Foster Wheeler, an international company with numerous locations in the US, has been awarded a global framework contract by BP to provide engineering, procurement support and project management services for pre-FEED (front end engineering and design) and FEED work across a range of projects.

Sevan Marine and Fluor enter agreement

Sevan Marine ASA has announced that (through its subsidiary HiLoad LNG AS) it has entered into a cooperation agreement with Fluor Corp.

Mueller Industries set to open factory in Bahrain

Mueller Industries, Inc., a global leader in the manufacturing and distribution of plastic fittings, pipe and valves, refrigeration valves and fittings and more, with operations in the US, Canada, Mexico, China and Great Britain, has begun construction on its first regional copper tube manufacturing facility in Bahrain, which is set to open in 2018.

Cheniere Energy celebrates 100th LNG cargo

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc., has announced that the 100th cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has left the company’s Sabine Pass liquefaction facility, marking a significant milestone in Cheniere’s ramp-up of LNG operations.

NAmerico unveils natural gas pipeline plan

NAmerico Partners LP is proposing a multibillion-dollar pipeline to ferry natural gas from fast-growing fields in West Texas to the Gulf Coast.