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SMOE and Mustang win Ivar Aasen topsides EPC Previously named Draupne, the Ivar Aasen project is taking a leap with the decision made by Det norske and its partners Statoil and Bayerngas to award the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to a team of contractors made of SMOE and Mustang from the Wood Group. […]
KNPC awarded PMC contract to Foster Wheeler On December 23rd, 2012, the state-owned oil refiner Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) selected Foster Wheeler for the project management consultancy (PMC) contract of the multi-billion Clean Fuels Project (CFP). In Kuwait, the CFP project, as well as the New Refinery Project (NRP) were left on hold nearly four years […]
Shell and Saudi Aramco prepare bids for Kidan FEED Shell and Saudi Aramco are working, through their joint venture South Rub Al-Khali Limited (SRAK), on the call for tenders of the front end engineering and design (FEED) of the Kidan gas field development project. Saudi Arabia holds the third largest reserves of non-associated natural gas […]
Shaping the Future AMEC plc (AMEC) started engineering activities in Canada more than 100 years ago when the Montreal Engineering Company (MEC) was established in 1907. In 1992, AGRA took over MEC to create AMEC. Today, AMEC is listed in London Stock Exchange and is building up its market leadership in focusing on engineering services […]
UK to lead shale gas exploration in Europe On December 13th, 2012, the UK Government lifted the ban on exploration and production of shale gas with the expectation to develop a dedicated industry upstream and downstream that could create 42,000 permanent jobs. This ban had been decided in 2011 after small earthquakes had been recognized […]
Shell to increase diesel import capacities in UK The consortium made of Greenergy International Ltd (Greenergy), Royal Vopak (Vopak) and Shell completed the acquisition of the assets of the Coryton refinery in UK to build and operate a state-of-the-art import terminal for oil products. The transaction was closed with PwC acting as the administrator of […]
The Vopak Way: 75 global operational standards Headquartered in Rotterdam in The Netherlands, Royal Vopak (Vopak) is the world largest independent storage and handling operator of oil and gas and petrochemical products. Established in 1999 from the merger between Pakhoed and Van Ommeren, Vopak operates 84 terminals in 31 countries with a global storage capacity […]
Global engineering and construction contractor and power equipment supplier Foster Wheeler had its headquarter in New York City, New Jersey, USA, until 2007 to relocate it in Geneva in Switzerland since then as Foster Wheeler AG (Foster Wheeler).The actual Foster Wheeler company was established in 1927 as the result of the merger between the Power […]
