Projects

ExxonMobil Chemical Company started the construction of a multi-billion dollar ethane cracker at its Baytown, Texas, complex and associated premium product facilities in nearby Mont Belvieu. The steam cracker will have a capacity of up to 1.

Severstal North America received the Award for Steel Excellence from the American Metal Market in New York City. Madhu Ranade, vice president and general manager, Severstal Columbus, accepted the award on behalf of the company and acknowledged the entire Severstal team and all of its employees who made it possible.

It has been announced that Universal Stainless & Alloys Products, Inc. has promoted Christopher Zimmer to the role of executive vice president and chief commercial officer.  He has previously held the role of vice president of sales and marketing since 2008.

It has been announced that Piedmont Natural Gas has entered into an agreement with Duke Energy to deliver natural gas to the electric utility’s W.S. Lee power generation facility near Anderson, South Carolina.

The US Department of energy (DOE) has approved Texas LNG to export domestically produced LNG to all existing and any future countries that enter into an Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Government of the United States.

Mr. Neil Mackintosh has been chosen as INTECSEA’s new president to replace Mr. Uri Nooteboom, who will be retiring. INTECSEA, a subsidiary of WorleyParsons Group, is a global company devoted entirely to designing pipelines, subsea production and floating system for harsh environments.

Black & Veatch has been selected to provide engineering services for the installation of a USD 400M combined cycle gas power unit for the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) in Oklahoma. This will be the first time that the Mitsubishi Heavy Industry J-series combustion turbine is installed in the US.

CB&I congratulated Cameron LNG, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, on receiving authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to site, construct and operate a natural gas liquefaction and export facility at the site of the company's LNG receipt terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has chosen Frances Ramirez as the new senior resident inspector at the Waterford 3 nuclear plant that is located in Killona, Louisiana.

Ms. Ramirez first joined the NRC's Region III office in Lisle, Illinois in September 2002, after graduating from the University of Puerto Rico with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering.

Central Minnesota’s Morrison County has approved a solar farm to be built east of Little Falls. The 10-megawatt project is one of several large-scale solar farms that will be built across Central Minnesota over the next ten years.