Projects

This section provides the latest news updates on a variety of world-wide tenders, projects, expansions contracts and acquisitions for stainless steel and related products.

Siemens receives Iwoa wind turbine order

The global energy company has received an order for the Carroll wind power plant, which will be located in western Iowa (near the city of Carroll). The Carroll Area Wind Farm, part of NJR Clean Energy Ventures, has ordered nine 2.

Siemens wins turbine order for Canadian wind farm

Siemens Energy has won a major wind turbine and service order in Canada. Along with the South Kent Wind Farm in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, the 270MW K2 Wind Ontario (K2 Wind) Project will be among the largest wind power plants in Canada.

Sumitomo acquires Mesquite Creek wind farm

Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) and Sumitomo Corporation (SC), which are collectively known as Sumitomo, have acquired the remaining shares of the Mesquite Creek Wind Farm in Western Texas from co-developer BNB Renewable Energy (BNB).

Increased production from Niobrara project

EnerJex Resources, an independent exploration and production company, has announced the results of its recent workover program in the company's Niobrara Project located in North-eastern Colorado.

EnerJex has successfully completed working over eight vertical wells, which produce natural gas from the Niobrara formation at a depth of approximately 2,500 feet.

EMAS secures LOA for GoM project

newsitemEMAS, the operating brand of Ezra Holdings, a leading global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas industry, received a Letter of Agreement (LOA) from Noble Energy for the Gunflint Project in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM).Under the terms of the agreement, EMAS’s Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC, has been nominated to perform the offshore installation of pipelines, umbilicals and ancillary equipment for the Gunflint Project in the Mississippi Canyon area of the US GoM in water depths in excess of 2,000m.

ICA Fluor to build gas pipeline in Mexico

newsitemFluor’s joint venture with Empresas ICA, ICA Fluor, has signed an agreement with TAG Pipelines Sur S. de R.L.

Air Energi opens office in Denver

newsitemAir Energi Group has opened a new office in Denver, Colorado, to complement its current US presence and boost its activities in North America’s booming shale oil and gas sector.Led by seasoned recruitment professional, Doug Thorner, the office is Air Energi’s seventh location in North America and is to support the Rocky Mountain Region and the West including Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming and California.“Denver has grown to become the oil and gas industry’s shale hub for the Western US,” states Thorner.

Northeast Georgia gets first stainless steel plant

Georgia-based Industrial Mechanical, which specializes in projects regarding machining, fabrication, mechanical, electrical and HVAC, has recently added a 10,000-square-foot stainless steel fabrication building.

STI 2013 product awards

At its recent annual meeting, the Steel Tank Institute and the Steel Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA) recognized member companies in specific industry categories with its Steel Tank and Fabricated Product of the Year Awards for 2013.

Odebrecht & Braskem to operate petrochemical plant

Odebrecht Organization, the Brazilian conglomerate specializing in petrochemicals, and Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in Latin America, are teaming up on an American Petrochemical project called The Appalachian Shale Cracker Enterprise (Ascent).