WorleyParsons awarded contract
WorleyParsons has been awarded a contract for module construction services with MEG Energy Corp. Serimax wins Brazil welding contract
Serimax, a 100% subsidiary of Vallourec, has received a welding contract for the Gas Sul North Capixaba (GSNC) project by Subsea 7 in Brazil. Parnon to construct oil pipeline in Oklahoma
Parnon Gathering, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Parnon Holdings, Inc., will construct a crude oil pipeline in Central Oklahoma. The project entails laying approximately 109mi of new 8in pipeline from Cherokee, Oklahoma to Cushing, Oklahoma
New KOH plant for Tennessee
Olin Chlor Alkali Products has broken ground on a new, $160 million state-of-the-art membrane cell manufacturing plant in Charleston, TN. The new facility is scheduled for completion by the end of 2012 when it will produce the chlorine, caustic soda and related products and have a capacity of 200,000 tons
Xstrata makes bid for Canada-based First Coal
Xstrata has made an all-cash bid for privately held Canadian miner First Coal Corp. with an offer valuing the firm at USD 153 million. Xstrata, the fourth largest global diversified miner, said the board of First Coal had unanimously recommended
Holly Energy Partners (HEP) will undertake two expansion projects to provide 60,000 barrels per day of additional crude pipeline take-away capacity resulting from increased Delaware Basin drilling activity in southeast New Mexico. The first project will boost one of HEP's existing crude oil trunk lines from 35,000 BPD to 60,000 BPD. 
The NSL Group has acquired developmental rights to construct a 400MW wind power project in Chile. The investment outlay for the entire project is estimated at approximately USD 650 million. 
Abengoa is to build a new solar/gas hybrid power plant in Sonora, Mexico, which will have a combined capacity of 476MW. The project has been financed by the World Bank with around USD 50 million. 
Enterprise Products Partners LP has announced plans to construct a sixth natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionator at its Mont Belvieu, Texas facility that will increase capacity there by 75,000bpd. 
Advanced Energy’s new stainless steel PV Powered commercial PV inverter line has been selected to power a 787kW project at the US Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) in Kekaha, Hawaii. The project was awarded to Advanced Energy (AE) by Maui Solar Energy Systems