Projects

Methanex Corporation awarded Jacobs Engineering Group a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for a methanol production facility in Louisiana.

Mexichem SAB is planning a joint venture with Occidental Chemical Corp. to produce more than half a millions tons of ethylene a year, in order to maintain long-term supplies for its PVC plastics production.

The Obama administration said it will expedite seven renewable energy infrastructure projects, several in battleground states, to power about 1.5 million homes.

PacificOre Mining Corp announced an outline of the first planned drill program on the Lac Dore vanadium-iron-titanium project, which has now been presented by the company's geological consultants. The Lac Dore project consists of 42 contiguous mineral claims covering an area of 1.

Rosebank oil & gas field is located offshore of the Shetland Islands, in the UK. It lies in blocks 213/26 and 213/27 of production licence 1026 in 1,100m of water. Chevron is the operator of the field with 40% interest.

Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract by Dominion Virginia Power to build its new Brunswick County Power Station, a combined-cycle, natural gas-fired power station in Brunswick County, VA.

McDermott International, Inc. reported that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a contract by the Discovery system for offshore facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.

Fluor Corporation (FLR) announced today that it was awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contract by Dominion Virginia Power to build its new Brunswick County Power Station, a combined-cycle, natural gas-fired power station in Brunswick County, Va.

Fluor Corporation has formed a new joint venture called CFPS Engenharia e Projetocs, S.A. with Sao Paolo, Brazil-based Construcap to pursue engineering, procurement and construction management projects in the country.

A consortium led by Petrobras has authorized 10 contracts for six topsides modules. The contracts are valued at $4.5 billion.