Power generation
GE to power pre-salt semisubmersible drilling vessels The Brazilian national oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), Sete Brazil Participaçoes SA (Sete) and its contractor Keppel Fels do Brazil SA (Keppel) have selected GE’s Power Conversion electrical solutions to power and propel the first series of six semisubmersible drilling rigs. Petrobras is the operator imposing the key requirements […]
In Business to Deliver Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and listed at the Toronto Stock Exchange and NYSE, TransCanada is a leader in energy infrastructures in North America. With more than 60 years of experience and 4,200 employees, TransCanada is active in two types of business, pipelines and energy. In midstream activities, TransCanada builds its […]
A major integrated energy company Registered in Roma, Italia, Eni S.p.A. (Eni) is a national oil company with 33% shares owned by the Italian Government and 67% listed in the Milan Stock Exchange, Italy and on the New York Stock Exchange. With operations in 85 countries and 79,000 employees, Eni is developing an extensive integrated business model […]
Larsen & Toubro wins Oman PDO Saih Rawl phase 2 >On August 27th 2012, Petroleum Development Oman LLC (PDO) awarded to Larsen & Toubro from India the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Saih Rawl Depletion Compression Phase 2 (SRDC2) project. Nine engineering companies were in competition to win this order of $235 […]
Definition IPP is the acronym of Independent Power Project. IPP may also be used for Independent power Producer. In both cases IPP refers to non-public utility company investing or operating power generation facilities. Comments Until the years 1980s, the power generation facilities were mostly run by public entities in each country regardless if they were gas […]
CB&I to broaden energy portfolio from LNG to Nuclear July 30th, 2012, CB&I and The Shaw Group (Shaw) announced to have closed a deal by which CB&I will acquire The Shaw Group. Shaw is a 25 years old engineering and services company well established as global provider of: Engineering and construction – Technology – Fabrication […]
Fujairah refinery, a strategic project for the UAE International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) is moving ahead with the crude oil refinery project to be located at Fujairah, UAE. The Fujairah refinery, should have a capacity of 10.0 million t/y or 200,000 b/d. IPIC estimated the capital expenditure at $ 3 billion. The Fujairah refinery project should be […]
Granherne and Doris complete pre-FEED The GDF Suez Bonaparte is a $3.7 to $4.6 billion Floating LNG project to liquefied the natural gas from the Petrel, Tern and Frigate fields in the Bonaparte Basin, in the Timor Sea, 250 kilometres west of the northern Australian city of Darwin. GDF Suez Bonaparte is a joint venture created in 2009 […]
