Projects

Petrobras has awarded Subsea 7 S.A. with three contracts with a combined value of approximately US$1.6 billion for the construction and operation of three new-build flexible pipe-lay support vessels (PLSVs).

Skyonic Corporation has awarded Toyo-Thai-USA Corporation (TTUS) a US$117 million construction contract for its Capitol SkyMine plant in San Antonio, Texas. Toyo-Thai Corporation (TTCL) is providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services to the project.

Shell and its partners have plans to boost production with two new deepwater projects at Parque das Conchas (BC-10) and the Bijupirá/Salema fields. "Offshore Brazil is a key part of our plans to grow our deepwater portfolio – a key component of our global strategy,” said Executive Vice President for Deep Water, Shell Upstream Americas, John Hollowell.

Altius Minerals Corporation has signed a strategic exploration alliance agreement with Virginia Mines. Altius and Virginia will work together to explore for mineral deposits in eastern Canada (western Labrador and northeastern Quebec).

Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), a subsidiary of American Electric Power, has received approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission for the Life Cycle Management Project (LCM) at Donald C.

Fluor Corporation has secured a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for Sasol’s world-scale ethane cracker and associated derivative chemicals facility at its Lake Charles Chemical Complex in Louisiana.

Skanska has been awarded a construction contract to expand a thermal power plant for a confidential client in Brazil.

Vale has obtained the installation environmental license (LI) for the Carajás S11D iron ore project, the highest-grade and lowest-cost project in the industry. The LI, which was issued by Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (IBAMA), is part of the project’s second phase of licensing, which authorizes the plant construction.

Piedmont Natural Gas plans to relocate its 36 employees in Rockingham, North Carolina to a newly renovated, LEED-certified facility in Rockingham West Industrial Park.

Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a contract with a value of approximately US$400 million from Petrobras. The contract is for the operation of the Pipe Lay Support Vessel (PLSV) Normand Seven on a day rate basis for around five years, with operations starting in the fourth quarter of this year. The vessel has operated for Petrobras for several years and is currently under contract with this client.