Projects

Royal Dutch Shell has announced that it wants to buy East Africa-focused Cove Energy for USD 1.57 billion. The news comes after Cove announced on February 21st that it and its partner Anadarko had discovered further natural gas in the Lagosta field in Mozambique's offshore Rovuma Basin.

The government of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has agreed to provide funding for the new Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation (CCNI).

SemGroup Corp. has announced that it will form a joint venture to build a 210mi oil pipeline from western and northern Oklahoma to the Cushing storage hub.

Mustus Energy Ltd has announced that it will be working with Lockheed Martin to build a new 41.5MW biomass-fueled power generation plant in La Crete, Alberta.

Technip awarded subsea contract for the Tubular Bells development in the Gulf of Mexico. Technip was awarded a lump sum contract by Hess Corp.

Bombardier Aerospace has announced the appointment of Michele Arcamone as President, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.

Summit Power Group has signed USD 2 billion in engineering, procurement and construction contracts that will reportedly guarantee the price of building a proposed USD 2.8 billion, 400MW coal-fired power plant with carbon capture technology in Texas.

Black & Veatch has been selected by Black Hills Energy to provide detailed design engineering services for the Busch Ranch wind project in the US state of Colorado.

The Materials Technology Institute (MTI) is sponsoring a two-day training program on Inspection of New FRP Equipment & Piping March 5-6 in Houston, Texas and a one-day session in Frankfurt, Germany March 26.

Metso has signed a contract with Consórcio Construtor Belo Monte (CCBM) to supply equipment to the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant (UHE Belo Monte) in Brazil. The project is located at the Xingu River, Pará State, in the northern region of the country.