Equipment for supply vessels
STX Europe has signed contracts for delivery of design and ship equipment to four platform supply vessels of STX Europe's own design PSV 09 CD. Arab gas pipeline extension
Whilst visiting Syria, a Stroytransgaz delegation headed by the Chairman of the Management Board Mr Vyacheslav Makhonin signed a contract to construct an extension of the Arab Gas Pipeline. USA: gasification facility for green refinery
Houston-based company Hunton Energy is proposing to build what it calls the world's first "green refinery" on the Texas Gulf Coast. 
IST relocates
Netherlands-based Interservice Trading BV (IST) moved to new premises in April 2001.
Refinery in Iran
Iran's oil ministry has authorised the construction of a refinery close to the Caspian Sea, Iranian news agency IRNA has said.
Global sourcing service
Ocean International Suppliers Inc., with offices in Lakeland, Florida, and Houston, Texas, has established a global sourcing service using the latest in computer-based data storage and communications techniques.