Projects

This section provides the latest news updates on a variety of world-wide tenders, projects, expansions contracts and acquisitions for stainless steel and related products.

Alaska Gov and energy execs discuss LNG

Governor Sean Parnell met with the chief executive officers from BP, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil to discuss alignment between the three companies on commercializing the North Slope's vast natural gas reserves.

McJunkin Red Man Holding Corp. acquires

newsitemMcJunkin Red Man Holding Corp. has signed an agreement to acquire the operations and assets of OneSteel Piping Systems (OPS).

Northern Gateway hearing battles set to begin

    Federal regulatory hearings for Enbridge Inc.’s Northern Gateway oil pipeline project are set to begin in Kitimat, British Columbia, the proposed oil tanker port.

KBR wins ExxonMobil contract

newsitemKBR has won a contract to provide construction services for ExxonMobil's new synthetics lubricant base stock facility to be built at the company’s refinery and chemical plant complex in Baytown, TX.

Exterran to build Bolivia gas plant

Petrobras has awarded Exterran Holdings, Inc. a contract for the design, fabrication and sale of a major natural gas processing and treating facility in Itau, Bolivia. The facility is a dew point gas processing plant that can process 200 million standard cu/ft of natural gas per day and is expected to start up during 2013.

Bakken Pipeline approved by NEB

The National Energy Board (NEB) has approved Enbridge Bakken Pipeline Company Inc.’s Bakken Pipeline Project Canada application. The Bakken Pipeline is to connect the Enbridge Pipelines Inc. Mainline to supply the US Midwest and eastern Canadian markets.

EPCm contract in Scotland

A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by BP Exploration Operating Co.

CPUC approves PG&E contract

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved the contract for Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s (PG&E) to purchase 150MW of renewable power from Sempra Generation's Copper Mountain Solar 2 project in Nevada.

CENG chooses EcoSys software

newsitemEcoSys EPC (Enterprise Planning & Controls), has been chosen by Constellation Energy Nuclear Group (CENG) as its project cost management and project controls reporting software solution.

Natural gas pipeline system

newsitemCrestwood Midstream Partners (CMP) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mountaineer Keystone LLC, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to construct a 42mi, 16in diameter natural gas gathering system to serve MK's Marcellus Shale development program in Northeast West Virginia.