Tag: South America
Technip’s subsidiary wins gas pipeline contract in Peru
Tipiel, Technip’s subsidiary in Colombia, was awarded a front-end engineering design and detailed engineering design contract on a lumpsum basis by the Consorcio Constructor Ductos del Sur. This covers the development of a new gas pipeline to transport gas from the Camisea field to Southern Peru.
Shell to buy BG Group
It is being reported that Royal Dutch Shell is in discussions with BG Group regarding a possible USD 70 billion merger between the two oil and gas companies. Shell has taken a step to boost its deepwater and LNG asset portfolio during the current low equity price environment by taking over BG Group.
Petrobras’ TLWP uses well control valves onboard
Brazil’s Petrobras has begun production on the platform P-61 in Papa Terra field, which is located near the southern perimeter of the Campos Basin (State of Rio de Janeiro), approximately 110 kilometers off the coast of Brazil.
Rotork’s actuators used for pipeline
Rotork GO gas-over-oil actuators have been supplied for vital failsafe valve control duties on a new cryogenic LNG pipeline in Venezuela.
The San Joaquin Pipeline, owned by Venezuela state oil company PDVSA, transports LNG for the international market between the San Joaquin and Jose cryogenic plants.
Flowserve supplying valves to pulp mill
Flowserve Corporation, a provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has announced that its operation in Brazil has been selected to supply all ball sector control valves, ball valves and butterfly valves for the new Klabin mill (Project Puma) located in the city of Ortigueira, Paraná state, southern Brazil.
Ecopetrol doubling capacity of pipeline
Colombia's state-run Ecopetrol has more than doubled the capacity of its Transandino pipeline after inaugurating a $2.9 million high-altitude pumping station that will cut costs for oil produced in the country's south.