Projects

Bechtel has announced that construction has begun on a 758-megawatt natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle power plant in Sherman, Texas.

 T.D. Williamson has signed a global pipeline intervention and isolation services contract with BP. TDW is a world leader in pipeline services and equipment.

CF Industries has selected ThyssenKrupp Uhde to provide engineering and supply services for two fertilizer complexes in the U.S.

Suncor Energy has awarded Fluor Corporation with a contract to provide front-end project management and engineering services on the energy company's MacKay River Phase 2 oil sands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.

 Siemens has announced that they have been awarded an order for the supply of the power island for the UTE Mauá 3 combined-cycle power plant to be located in Manaus, Brazil.

Expro, a leading international oilfield services company, has received two significant contract wins with Murphy Exploration and Production and BP Americas Inc in the US offshore region.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued an air quality plan approval to Moxie Liberty LLC of Vienna, Va., for construction of a 936MW power plant in Bradford County, Pa.

Louisville Gas and Electric Co. said that it will shut down three coal units at the 563MW Cane Run coal-fired power plant in Kentucky eight months earlier than originally planned.The 640MW natural gas-fired power plant being built to replace Cane Run’s output is expected to be completed in May 2015, allowing for the early closure of the coal units.

Unity Power Alliance, a joint venture between ThermoEnergy Corp. and ITEA S.p.A., will receive an award of USD 1M from the U.S.

The second unit at the refurbished Bruce A nuclear power plant has sent electricity to the Canadian grid for the first time in 17 years, five months after its restart was postponed because of generator problems.The grid synchronisation of Bruce A2 signals the final stages of commissioning the 750MWe Candu after seven years of refurbishment.