Projects

ArcelorMittal plate mills in Burns Harbor, Coatesville and Conshohocken are to supply 160,000t of high performance steel to be used in the USD 3.9B New NY Bridge project.

The 3.1mi twin-span cable-stayed bridge is the single-largest bridge construction project in New York’s history, and the largest transportation design-build project to date in the United States.

BlackPearl Resources entered into a lump-sum contract with Propak Systems for the engineering, procurement and fabrication of the central processing facilities for its Onion Lake thermal project. Propak has successfully constructed and installed processing facilities for three similar thermal projects in Saskatchewan, which are currently producing over 20,000 barrels of oil per day.

A new generation of special high air-tight sealed thread oil tubing and casing BGT2 product with high composite loading performance, which was developed by Baosteel, passed CAL IV grade test and assessment under the ISO 13679 standard.

The Ring of Fire project proponent KWG Resources has stated that more laboratory tests have been completed in efforts to reduce chromite ore from its Black Horse deposit using natural gas. The company has commented that based on the test, they are “substantially encouraged” that the new method might be used to convert Black Horse chromite into a metallised chrome and iron alloy.

Petrobras has published updates on their recent drilling activities throughout South America for the first three months of 2014.

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has approved an application by the Electric Transmission Texas, LLC and Sharyland Utilities, L.P.

The integrated energy and chemical company based in Johannesburg, South Africa, commissioned the world’s first ethylene tetramerization unit at its Lake Charles, Louisiana chemical complex back in 2011.

Fortune Magazine has named Fluor as the top-ranked engineering and construction company on its 2014 World’s Most Admired Companies list. This is the third year in a row that Fluor has achieved this title.

Latin American Steel Association (Alacero) announced the seventh Steel Design Contest for Architecture Students 2014. This year’s contest focuses on socio-economic inequality and housing. The students are to bring forward a proposal for a Middle Height Social Housing Building, as an area to improve the quality of life of the population through the construction of decent social housing inside the city.

Proserv has secured two major contract wins in the Gulf of Mexico worth a combined USD 17M. The deals with Noble Energy and Talos Energy will see Proserv carry out work at the operators’ respective Gunflint and Phoenix Field Expansion developments.