Projects

Keep track with new project development across the globe in various sectors. We also cover existing projects (upgrades, extensions etc.).

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.

Nuclear licensing put on hold by NRC

   After a federal court ruling questioned the U.

PCL and Black & Veatch joint-venture awarded power

A Black & Veatch subsidiary and PCL Industrial Construction Co. have been awarded a USD 583 million contract from Louisville Gas & Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company to design and build a natural gas-fueled power plant.

Bringing fresh water where it is most needed

We probably take our standard of living for granted. A home, a job, food on the table. It all seems so mundane and nothing special. Yet stop and think for a moment what life would be like if our water supplies were to fail.

KMP to acquire TGP and 50% of El Paso NG

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. will acquire 100% Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) and a 50% interest in El Paso Natural Gas (EPNG) pipeline from Kinder Morgan, Inc.

Fluor as EPC contractor for Brunswick station

Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract by Dominion Virginia Power to build its new Brunswick County Power Station, a combined-cycle, natural gas-fired power station in Brunswick County, VA.