Texas passes hydraulic fracturing law
Texas Governor Rick Perry has signed the first law in the U.S. which requires companies drilling and developing shale plays across the state to publicly disclose hydraulic fracturing components.
Oil refinery
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded a contract by North West Redwater Partnership to provide detailed engineering, procurement and construction services for the development of a new oil refinery in Alberta, Canada.
Flowserve to provide valves for Brazilian plant
Flowserve Corp has signed a purchase agreement with Eldorado Celulose e Papel, S.A., a Brazilian pulp company, to supply control and on-off valves for a new plant.
Shaw Group building CCGT plant in Louisiana
Entergy Louisiana has granted The Shaw Group an engineering, procurement and construction contract for the construction of a dual-fuel 550MW combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant in Louisiana.
Shell signs agreements for CCS project
Shell has signed agreements with the Governments of Alberta and Canada to secure USD 865 million in funding for its Quest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project in Canada. The Quest Project will capture and permanently store deep underground more than one million tonnes of CO2 per year