Projects

One of Canada’s largest pipeline companies was mandated to relocate a pipeline in an environmentally and politically sensitive area on a tight timetable. The section that required relocation is part of the major 30” natural gas corridor that traverses west to east across Canada, delivering energy to one-third of the nation’s population.

ExxonMobil Chemical Company started the construction of a multi-billion dollar ethane cracker at its Baytown, Texas, complex and associated premium product facilities in nearby Mont Belvieu.

CB&I congratulated Cameron LNG, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, on receiving authorisation from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to site, construct and operate a natural gas liquefaction and export facility at the site of the company's LNG receipt terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana.

Statoil and PTT Exploration and Production completed the agreement to divide their respective interests in the Kai Kos Dehseh (KKD) oil sands project in northeast Alberta, Canada, in May.Statoil now owns 100% and continues as operator of the Leismer and Corner development projects with PTTEP owning and operating 100% of the Thornbury, Hangingstone and South Leismer areas.

Noble Energy has reached an agreement with BP Exploration & Production to acquire 50% of BP's interest in 17 deepwater exploration leases in the Gulf of Mexico. Each of the leases resides in the Atwater Valley protraction area, with Noble Energy acquiring a 50% working interest in 13 leases and an average 26% working interest in 4 leases.

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, the producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuel products, has announced that it will be investing as a joint venture partner in the construction of a commercial gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant that is being built to produce 1,100 barrels per day of refined products, such as waxes, drilling fluids, distillate and naphtha from natural gas.

The chromite project in Sudbury operated by Cliffs consists of four components: the mine site located near McFaulds Lake, an ore-processing facility, an Integrated Transportation System (ITS) and a Ferrochrome Production Facility (FPF).

Canyon Midstream Partners has entered into aggreements with XTO Energy (a subsidary with Exxon Mobil Corporation) and Apache Corporation for midestream services on Canyon’s James Lake System.

NOVA Gas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransCanada Corporation, has announced that has signed agreements with Chevron Canada and Apache Canada for a controlled partnership (APA) for approximately 1.9 Billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of firm natural gas transportation.

The global designer, manufacturer and distributor of critical equipment for the oil, petrochemical and power industries, Graham Corporation, has won four orders for projects that are valued at approximately USD $10 million.