First licence for Canadian build
Canadian nuclear regulators have issued a site preparation licence for proposed new reactors at the Darlington site in Ontario.
Jacobs receives Methanex contract
Methanex Corporation awarded Jacobs Engineering Group a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for a methanol production facility in Louisiana.
QGOG and Sete to build semisubmersibles
Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás (QGOG) and Sete Brasil signed charter and service agreements for three semisubmersible drilling rigs to be built at the BrasFels shipyard in Brazil.
Braskem delays plans for three plants
Plans for two new ethanol-based plastics plants in Brazil and a naphtha-based polypropylene plant that were set to break ground this year will be delayed by Braskem SA until 2013.
Petrobras, BP discover oil off Ceara
Petrobras and BP have discovered oil in a deep-water offshore well in a new area for exploration off Brazil's northeast coast.
