Projects

The oil castor services company, Wood Group, has acquired Sunstone Projects, a pipeline consulting company based in Calgary, Canada.

AMPO Poyam Valves will supply a series of cryogenic valves for a number of LNG facilities across the world. These include Shell-Prelude FLNG, the world’s first LNG liquefaction offshore floating facility; Sabine Pass LNG Liquefaction project, the world’s first bi-directional facility capable of exporting gas in addition to degasifying imported LNG; Dunquerke LNG, the largest terminal in continental Europe, and Hitachi LNG, an LNG Terminal located in Ibraki Port, Hitachi City.AMPO Poyam Valves designs and manufactures valves for the complete gas chain from gas treatment facilities to offshore, onshore and marine projects.

Petrobras has published updates on their recent drilling activities throughout South America for the first three months of 2014.

Subsea 7 announced the award of a lump sum contract valued at approximately USD 110M by Shell for the installation of jumpers, umbilicals and associated subsea structures for the BC-10 Phase 3 Project in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil.Project management and engineering will be performed from Subsea 7’s offices in Rio de Janeiro and will commence in Q1 2014.

It has been announced that Matthew K. Rose has been elected to Fluor’s board of directors. The position will become effective on April 30, 2014.

US Senator, Mary Landrieu, has announced that Sempra Energy, the California-based natural gas company, will be constructing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

The US oil and refining company, Phillips 66, has announced that it will be starting two midstream projects in Brazoria County, Texas, in an effort to move away from producing refined products and focus more on energy transportation and processing infrastructure.The board-approved projects are reportedly worth $3 billion and are expected to form the backbone of Phillips 66’s operations.

Chevron USA added MRC Global and its subsidiaries as a strategic valve supplier on the Future Growth Project in Kazakhstan.

We are pleased to introduce a new column to Valve World Americas. The Ask The Expert column will give readers the opportunity to have their valve concerns addressed, find out the answers to their pressing valve challenges and ask for feedback on application issues.

Jacobs Engineering has acquired Houston-based Eagleton Engineering. The acquisition will further enhance Jacob’s capabilities in their midstream/upstream pipeline engineering, design and field surveying services.Since 1965, Eagleton Engineering has specialized in pipeline engineering, providing professional services, along with resources, to the oil, gas and petrochemical industries.