Bitumen refinery FEED contract
Fluor Corp. has been awarded a contract by North West Redwater Partnership to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for a new refinery project in Alberta, Canada. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the third quarter of 2011.
Biomass-fired power project
Argan Inc. has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Gemma Power Systems (GPS), has signed an engineer-procure-construct (EPC) contract with East Texas Electric Cooperative Inc. (ETEC) for an USD 165 million contract to design and build a 49.
BC LNG shipments to Asia
On October 13th a project to export liquefied natural gas from British Columbia's west coast to markets in Asia received approval from Canadian regulators. KM LNG, a joint venture between Apache Corp.
Lanxess investing in Brazil
Germany-based Lanxess, a specialty chemicals company, is investing in two new plants in Porto Feliz where it will produce plastics and rubber additives. These two plants will be built on company’s current site and will be part of what it plans to be a specialty chemicals hub.
Alberta oil sands projects expanding
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc has received new contracts from seven clients in the Alberta Oil Sands to support steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and bitumen upgrading expansion projects. Officials estimate the combined total construction value of the awarded projects at more than $1.