Company News

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded an In-Kingdom engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for three polyethylene trains for Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), a joint venture between Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and The Dow Chemical Company (Dow).

TransCanada Corp. has received a contract from Shell Canada Ltd. to build and operate a pipeline expected to cost USD 3.85 billion that will transport natural gas to a planned liquefied natural gas export facility near Kitimat, British Columbia .

CorDEX Instruments has appointed a new US sales manager to North America as a result of strong sales growth. Lang joined CorDEX from Fluke Corporation where he worked as Western Region Thermography and Infrared Windows Territory Manager.Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Lang will be responsible for the promotion and sale of CorDEX’s intrinsically safe and explosion-proof equipment which has been designed for use in the global oil and gas industry.

The Board of Managers of ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA, LLC has announced the appointment of Michael Wallis, as Chief Executive Officer of the company, effective 15 June 2012.

 MRC Global Inc. (MRC) has signed a five year global Enterprise Framework Agreement (EFA) with Shell for the distribution of valves and automation services.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) has appointed WCW (Willie) Chiang as Executive Vice President, Operations.

 Conductor Installation Services Ltd (CIS), an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract to provide a range of conductor installation services to Weatherford Colombia, on behalf of Equion Energia Ltd.

Fluor Corporation (FLR) announced that Lee C. Tashjian, vice president, Corporate Affairs, will retire from the company effective 29 June 2012. Tashjian will be succeeded by R. Clifton Webb, vice president of corporate communications for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS).

A consortium including Australian investment bank Macquarie Group plans to build a 10-million-barrel oil storage terminal in Louisiana, at a cost of USD 600 million.

  Cashco, Inc. has opened a new engineering lab at the company’s headquarters in central Kansas.