Projects

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. awarded eight contracts to a joint venture by Technip (50%) and DOF (50%) for the construction of four new pipelay support vessels (PLSVs) and operation in Brazilian waters to install flexible pipes.

AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a multi-million-dollar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Sempra U.S. Gas & Power to design and construct its Copper Mountain Solar 3 project near Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tata Steel Minerals Canada (TSMC) and the NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) have signed a cooperation agreement for the Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) project. TSMC is a joint venture between Tata Steel and New Millennium Iron (NML), which have 80 per cent and 20 per cent interests, respectively.

Technip, in consortium with its construction partner Performance Contractors, has been awarded a contract by the National Cooperative Refinery Association (NCRA). This contract covers the supply of Technip’s proprietary reforming technology, as well as engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the No.

Alderon Iron Ore has placed orders for the autogenous (AG) and ball mills for its Kami Project located in Canada’s premier iron-ore district that is surrounded by four producing iron ore mines.

Usiminas Mecânica has signed two new contracts to supply capital goods by for important works in the oil sector. Both projects will be supporting Petrobras in the exploration of pre-salt layer.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded a contract by CMPC Group’s Celulose Riograndense Ltda. for the design and supply of an integrated chlorine dioxide plant for its pulp expansion project in Guaiba, Río Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Capstone Mining has entered into an option agreement with Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) to earn up to 70 per cent of a property, Project Providencia. The initial option is on 350,000 hectares in Chile's II Region.

TransCanada Corporation will be moving forward with the 1.1 million barrel per day (bpd) Energy East Pipeline project based on binding, long-term contracts received from producers and refiners.

Skanska has signed a contract with the Transbay Joint Powers Authority to supply and erect steel for the Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco, California. The contract is valued is US$189 million.