Projects

Maersk Supply Service has signed a contract with Chilean shipyard Asenav for two innovative new offshore vessels with an option for up to four additional vessels.

Crestwood 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.

JGC Corp. has been awarded a contract for the detail engineering, procurement support and construction management services associated with constructing heavy crude oil upgrading facilities in the Puerto La Cruz oil refinery by PDVSA Petroleo S.

First Reserve Corp., in partnership with Renovalia Reserve, has established a joint venture (JV) Renovalia Reserve, to own and operate wind projects in Europe and North America.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. will invest USD 210 million to construct seven tanks with a storage capacity of 2.4 million barrels for crude oil and condensate at its Edmonton Terminal in Strathcona County, Alberta.

  The Dockwise Vanguard is the first semisubmersible heavy lift vessel to be built in accordance with DNV’s new class rules for this type of ship.

Alstom will establish a Global Hydro Technology Centre in Brazil, with a special focus on Kaplan turbines. Approximately EUR 6 million will be invested in this initiative. The Global Technology Centre will be located in Taubaté where the company has its biggest hydro factory, capable of manufacturing all electromechanical equipment for hydro power plants for Brazil and export.

Exelon Wind has awarded Denmark-based Vestas an order to supply wind turbines for 59MW in capacity for its Harvest II Wind Project in Michigan. Under the terms of the contract, Vestas will supply, install and commission 33 V100-1.

Foster Wheeler AG has announced that Foster Wheeler Upstream, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a contract by Ryckman Creek Resources LLC, a subsidiary of Peregrine Midstream Partners LLC, for project management support for the 35 billion-cubic-foot Ryckman Creek natural gas capacity storage facility.

Share DNV has awarded the world’s first certificate of fitness for a carbon dioxide (CO2) storage development plan to Shell’s Quest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project.