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Degrémont wins Baghdad drinking water contract
MARKET PROSPECTS
ADB funds water resource management in Uzbekistan
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he Asian Development Bank (ADB) has granted a US$100 million loan to the government of Uzbekistan for irrigation and drainage projects to improve agricultural productivity. The Water Resources Management Sector Project will concentrate on the Zarafshan River Basin and the Fergana Valley areas of Uzbekistan.
Degrémont wins Baghdad drinking water contract
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egrémont, a subsidiary of Suez Environnement, has signed a 150 million contract with the association of AL Mabrook and Issam Al-Iraqi Construction Contractors Companies, for the design, purchase of equipment and training of personnel to build a drinking water treatment plant with an output capacity of 910 000 m3/day in Al Rusafa- Baghdad, Iraq. This project will provide drinking water to more than 4 million residents in the Grand Baghdad area. Degrémont will provide the overall design of the plant, as well as the procurement and delivery of its process equipment, and the training of Iraqi engineers in assembling and starting up the plant. The equipment will be delivered in Jordan and Iraqi employees will be trained in Degrémont plants in neighbouring countries and in France. Degrémont has supervised more than 30 water treatment projects in Iraq, since the beginning of the 1960s.
(EPC) services for the Jordan Cove Energy Project, a proposed new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Coos Bay, Oregon, which is being developed by Jordan Cove Energy LP. The consortium will refine the facility design, develop execution plans and provide an EPC cost estimate for the project as a basis for the construction phase. Once they have received final authorization and an investment decision from Jordan Cove Energy, the consortium will design and construct the project. When completed, the new LNG import terminal will be able to deliver up to 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to customers in the Pacific Northwest, northern California and northern Nevada. Black & Veatch will provide project management, engineering and procurement services for the marine receiving, re-gasification and send-out facilities, and Kiewit will manage the project site and construct the facilities.
ExxonMobil to increase cleaner diesel supply
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xxonMobil Refining & Supply will invest more than US$1 billion in three refineries to increase the supply of cleaner burning diesel by about six million gallons per day. The company will construct new units and modify existing facilities at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Baytown, Texas; and Antwerp, Belgium refineries. This investment is the latest phase in ExxonMobil’s efforts to increase supplies and reduce the sulfur content of both motor gasoline and diesel. The refineries’ modifications and expansions are expected to be completed by 2010, increasing production of diesel with sulfur levels of 15 parts per million (ppm) or less.
OIL & GAS
Black & Veatch consortium to design, construct LNG import terminal in Oregon
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lack & Veatch and its consortium partners are to provide engineering, procurement and construction
December 2008
KBR to undertake FEED for South African grassroots refinery
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he Petroleum Oil and Gas Corp of South Africa (Pty) Ltd (PetroSA) has named KBR to provide feasibility and front-end engineering and
design (FEED) study services for its proposed 400 000 barrels per day (bpd) grassroots refinery - Project Mthombo. KBR completed a prefeasibility study under Project Mthombo earlier this year. Work on the project is expected to begin in December 2008 and will primarily be conducted out of KBR’s offices in Houston and Johannesburg.
Fluor awarded refinery expansion contract
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luor Corp has received a contract for the construction and construction management of process, utility and offsites for a coker refinery expansion project by WRB Refining LLC, a joint venture between ConocoPhillips and EnCana. Fluor completed the front-end engineering and design in 2007 for all process and utilities and offsites for the entire refinery coker expansion project prior to this transition into detailed execution. The project is located in Roxana, Illinois, near St Louis, Missouri. Earlier this year, Fluor was awarded detailed engineering and procurement for selected portions of the project. Fluor’s total scope of work for this project includes detailed engineering, procurement and construction services for the refinery’s utilities and offsites as well as for retrofitting portions of the existing refinery to accommodate the new Canadian feedstock. Fluor will also provide owner management team support to WRB Refining throughout the project.
ExxonMobil expands Black Sea presence
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xxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania Ltd have signed an agreement with Petrom SA to help explore deepwater portions of the Neptun Block offshore Romania. ExxonMobil and Petrom, the largest Romanian oil and gas company and a member of the OMV group, agreed to cooperate on a 3D seismic acquisition and evaluation program of the Neptun Block.
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ADB funds water resource management in Uzbekistan
T
he Asian Development Bank (ADB) has granted a US$100 million loan to the government of Uzbekistan for irrigation and drainage projects to improve agricultural productivity. The Water Resources Management Sector Project will concentrate on the Zarafshan River Basin and the Fergana Valley areas of Uzbekistan.
Degrémont wins Baghdad drinking water contract
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egrémont, a subsidiary of Suez Environnement, has signed a 150 million contract with the association of AL Mabrook and Issam Al-Iraqi Construction Contractors Companies, for the design, purchase of equipment and training of personnel to build a drinking water treatment plant with an output capacity of 910 000 m3/day in Al Rusafa- Baghdad, Iraq. This project will provide drinking water to more than 4 million residents in the Grand Baghdad area. Degrémont will provide the overall design of the plant, as well as the procurement and delivery of its process equipment, and the training of Iraqi engineers in assembling and starting up the plant. The equipment will be delivered in Jordan and Iraqi employees will be trained in Degrémont plants in neighbouring countries and in France. Degrémont has supervised more than 30 water treatment projects in Iraq, since the beginning of the 1960s.
(EPC) services for the Jordan Cove Energy Project, a proposed new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Coos Bay, Oregon, which is being developed by Jordan Cove Energy LP. The consortium will refine the facility design, develop execution plans and provide an EPC cost estimate for the project as a basis for the construction phase. Once they have received final authorization and an investment decision from Jordan Cove Energy, the consortium will design and construct the project. When completed, the new LNG import terminal will be able to deliver up to 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to customers in the Pacific Northwest, northern California and northern Nevada. Black & Veatch will provide project management, engineering and procurement services for the marine receiving, re-gasification and send-out facilities, and Kiewit will manage the project site and construct the facilities.
ExxonMobil to increase cleaner diesel supply
E
xxonMobil Refining & Supply will invest more than US$1 billion in three refineries to increase the supply of cleaner burning diesel by about six million gallons per day. The company will construct new units and modify existing facilities at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Baytown, Texas; and Antwerp, Belgium refineries. This investment is the latest phase in ExxonMobil’s efforts to increase supplies and reduce the sulfur content of both motor gasoline and diesel. The refineries’ modifications and expansions are expected to be completed by 2010, increasing production of diesel with sulfur levels of 15 parts per million (ppm) or less.
OIL & GAS
Black & Veatch consortium to design, construct LNG import terminal in Oregon
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lack & Veatch and its consortium partners are to provide engineering, procurement and construction
December 2008
KBR to undertake FEED for South African grassroots refinery
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he Petroleum Oil and Gas Corp of South Africa (Pty) Ltd (PetroSA) has named KBR to provide feasibility and front-end engineering and
design (FEED) study services for its proposed 400 000 barrels per day (bpd) grassroots refinery - Project Mthombo. KBR completed a prefeasibility study under Project Mthombo earlier this year. Work on the project is expected to begin in December 2008 and will primarily be conducted out of KBR’s offices in Houston and Johannesburg.
Fluor awarded refinery expansion contract
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luor Corp has received a contract for the construction and construction management of process, utility and offsites for a coker refinery expansion project by WRB Refining LLC, a joint venture between ConocoPhillips and EnCana. Fluor completed the front-end engineering and design in 2007 for all process and utilities and offsites for the entire refinery coker expansion project prior to this transition into detailed execution. The project is located in Roxana, Illinois, near St Louis, Missouri. Earlier this year, Fluor was awarded detailed engineering and procurement for selected portions of the project. Fluor’s total scope of work for this project includes detailed engineering, procurement and construction services for the refinery’s utilities and offsites as well as for retrofitting portions of the existing refinery to accommodate the new Canadian feedstock. Fluor will also provide owner management team support to WRB Refining throughout the project.
ExxonMobil expands Black Sea presence
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xxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania Ltd have signed an agreement with Petrom SA to help explore deepwater portions of the Neptun Block offshore Romania. ExxonMobil and Petrom, the largest Romanian oil and gas company and a member of the OMV group, agreed to cooperate on a 3D seismic acquisition and evaluation program of the Neptun Block.
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