Projects

Hyundai-Wison consortium has awarded Technip a significant contract to supply its proprietary technology as well as engineering and procurement services for two hydrogen reformers in Venezuela. These 135-million standard cubic feet per day (151-thousand normal cubic meters per hour) reformers are part of the Deep Conversion project being executed by the consortium for Venezuela’s state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), to upgrade the Puerto La Cruz refinery.

McDermott International, Inc. has announced that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Exxon Mobil Corporation for its Julia development.

Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a contract with a value of around US$450 million from Petrobras. The contract is for the operation of the Pipe Lay Support Vessel (PLSV) Seven Phoenix on a day rate basis for five years, with operations starting in the third quarter of this year.

Schlumberger has acquired Gushor Inc., a Canadian-based petroleum geochemistry and fluid analysis company that provides innovative production and exploration solutions in the heavy oil and oil sand (HOOS) industry.

Petrobras has awarded Technip a major contract for the supply of flexible pipes for the Iracema Sul (former Cernambi Sul) field, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, Brazil at a water depth of up to 2,500 meters.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been selected to provide program management, engineering, and technology support services to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as part of the Technical, Acquisition and Business Support Services (TABSS) contract.

CB&I has been awarded two contracts with a combined value in excess of $40 million for an air quality control program for five existing coal-fired units. The units represent more than 4,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity.

Brazil's National Department of Mineral Production (DNPM) has approved the final exploration reports for mineral tenements necessary for Verde Potash’s mine plan. This approval represents a notable milestone as the project advances through the Brazilian permitting process.

ExxonMobil, BP, ConocoPhillips and TransCanada have begun summer field work as part of their activities associated with a staged pre-FEED (front end engineering design) for the Alaska South Central LNG (SC LNG) project.

Stamicarbon, the Licensing and IP Center of Maire Tecnimont SpA, has received two orders from Koch Nitrogen Co. (KNC) for a grass-roots urea melt and granulation plant in Enid, Oklahoma. The first of these orders involves the licensing, process design packages (PDPs) and associated services for the urea melt and granulation plant.