Projects

IHI E&C International Corp. has announced the appointment of Robert Etheridge as the company’s Project Director for the Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Project, located near Lusby, Maryland, US.

Sudbury, a city in Ontario, Canada, is getting a bigger pipeline that will carry natural gas rather than crude oil. Chris Minor, District Manager for northeastern Ontario for Union Gas, said the company is switching out its 10-inch pipe for a more robust 12-inch diameter pipeline that will run 23 km from Coniston to Walden.

Shell recently announced that it has completed a major growth project at its Scotford Refinery near Edmonton, Alberta, that will increase hydrocracker production capacity by 20 percent.

Gas and liquid flow control valve manufacturer Rotork recently stated it was seeing signs of improvement in oil and gas markets.

Velan Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary located in Lyon, France, has been awarded contracts for the supply of nuclear class valves to China Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation, China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.

GE Oil & Gas has invested a USD $25 million equity stake in Tellurian Investment's Driftwood liquefied natural gas project.

SNC-Lavalin, whose headquarters are located in Montreal, Canada, has announced that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) for the construction of two sulphuric acid plants at the Chuquicamata Copper Smelter Complex, located in the Antofagasta region of northern Chile.

Saulteau First Nations and the B.C. government have reached a new agreement on the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline project to help ensure that the Saulteau community can participate in and benefit from B.

Wood Group has secured a new USD $40 million automation services contract with ExxonMobil Chemical in Texas. The contract will see Wood Group provide main automation contractor services, including detailed design and site construction of the process control systems, for a grassroots polyethylene plant to be built in Beaumont, Texas.

Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC (HEP) recently announced that its subsidiary, Nueva Era Pipeline, LLC has closed on USD $353.