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SNC-Lavalin wins FEED conversion to EPC contract in Guinea
MARKET PROSPECTS
DESALINATION
The Outotec equipment will be delivered during the second quarter of 2018.
Abengoa signs contract for Morocco desalination plant
Fluor partners with Saudi Arabia’s Ma’aden
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bengoa has signed a contract to develop a desalination and irrigation project in the Agadir region of Morocco. The project, valued at E309 million, involves the construction of a desalination plant with a 275 000 m3 total production capacity of desalinated water per day for domestic and irrigation use. It also provides for a possible capacity expansion of up to 450 000 m3/day. This project for the Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE), the Ministry of Agriculture, Sea Fisheries and Rural Development and the Ministry of Waters and Forests of Morocco, has been created from the combination of two schemes. The first requires a 50% expansion of production capacity under the contract that Abengoa has been developing for ONEE, thereby increasing plant capacity to 150 000 m3/day of drinking water. The second calls for the additional production of 125 000 m3/day of irrigation water as well as the construction of the corresponding irrigation network for a total of 13 600 ha. As specified in the terms of the original contract, Abengoa, headquartered in Spain, will continue to undertake the engineering, construction and operation and maintenance for a period of 27 years. Abengoa and Moroccan company InfraMaroc will be investment partners and responsible for the project financing.
MINING
Outotec awarded E13mn mining order in West Africa
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utotec Oyj is delivering process equipment and services to a greenfield gold project in West Africa under a E13 million contract. The Outotec scope of work includes the design and delivery of a 6 MW SAG mill, a 6 MW ball mill, a pre-leach thickener and a comprehensive service package including spare parts and tooling and installation equipment. 12
Pump Industry Analyst
luor Corp has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma’aden) to support future Ma’aden projects located within and outside Saudi Arabia. Under the MOU, Fluor would be considered for conceptual; pre-front-end engineering and design (FEED); FEED; engineering, procurement and construction management; and program management contracting services for future projects. Fluor has worked with Ma’aden for almost 10 years on projects including the Ma’aden Aluminum Complex and the ongoing Umm Wu’al Phosphate Project.
OIL & GAS
Suez to modernize refinery in Cameroon
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uez is to upgrade and extend the effluent treatment plant at the National Refining Co’s (Sonara) refinery in Limbé, Cameroon. The E22 million contract was awarded to a consortium comprising Suez, Sogea Satom and Ingenica. It is Suez’s first venture in treating effluents from the refining industry in sub-Saharan Africa. Sonara’s site, which is the only refinery in Cameroon, produces almost 2 million tonnes of refined hydrocarbons per year. Suez will equip the plant with Poseidon™ technology to pre-treat effluent. The consortium will also build an 18 500 m3 storm basin to collect polluted rainwater before treating it, preventing surface run-off of water containing high levels of hydrocarbons. The upgraded plant, which will be completed in September 2018, will have a daily treatment capacity of 9600 m3 of industrial water and rainwater.
SNC-Lavalin wins FEED PETROCHEMICALS conversion to EPC LyondellBasell decides contract in Guinea on Texas for world’s rahms Oil Refineries Ltd has Bselected SNC-Lavalin to undertake largest PO/TBA plant
a front-end engineering design (FEED) conversion to EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract for a 10 000 barrel per day crude oil refinery in Kamsar, Guinea. The FEED will provide a budget cost estimate to obtain a final investment decision for the project later this year. SNC-Lavalin’s scope includes project management, coordination and management of the process licensor, management of the geotechnical and topographic survey contractors, preliminary engineering and procurement, as well as estimating services and EPC execution plan for the complete grassroots refinery, including the tank farm and marine works required for the import of crude oil by ship. The contract signed so far is for the short form FEED, with a process to agree a phased development of the project into an EPC project following FID approval. • SNC-Lavalin Group Inc has completed its acquisition of engineering consultancy WS Atkins plc.
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yondellBasell has made the final investment decision to build the world’s largest propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant at its Channelview Complex in Texas, USA. The US$2.4 billion project is the company’s single largest capital investment to date. When completed, the plant will produce 1 billion pounds of PO and 2.2 billion pounds of TBA annually. LyondellBasell has already completed front-end engineering design work and received the relevant environmental permits. Construction is expected to start during the second half of 2018 and the project should be completed by the middle of 2021. An associated ethers unit, which will convert TBA to oxyfuels, is proposed for LyondellBasell’s Bayport Complex near Pasadena, Texas. The PO/TBA project is part of LyondellBasell’s US$5 billion organic growth program on the US Gulf Coast.
July 2017
DESALINATION
The Outotec equipment will be delivered during the second quarter of 2018.
Abengoa signs contract for Morocco desalination plant
Fluor partners with Saudi Arabia’s Ma’aden
A
F
bengoa has signed a contract to develop a desalination and irrigation project in the Agadir region of Morocco. The project, valued at E309 million, involves the construction of a desalination plant with a 275 000 m3 total production capacity of desalinated water per day for domestic and irrigation use. It also provides for a possible capacity expansion of up to 450 000 m3/day. This project for the Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE), the Ministry of Agriculture, Sea Fisheries and Rural Development and the Ministry of Waters and Forests of Morocco, has been created from the combination of two schemes. The first requires a 50% expansion of production capacity under the contract that Abengoa has been developing for ONEE, thereby increasing plant capacity to 150 000 m3/day of drinking water. The second calls for the additional production of 125 000 m3/day of irrigation water as well as the construction of the corresponding irrigation network for a total of 13 600 ha. As specified in the terms of the original contract, Abengoa, headquartered in Spain, will continue to undertake the engineering, construction and operation and maintenance for a period of 27 years. Abengoa and Moroccan company InfraMaroc will be investment partners and responsible for the project financing.
MINING
Outotec awarded E13mn mining order in West Africa
O
utotec Oyj is delivering process equipment and services to a greenfield gold project in West Africa under a E13 million contract. The Outotec scope of work includes the design and delivery of a 6 MW SAG mill, a 6 MW ball mill, a pre-leach thickener and a comprehensive service package including spare parts and tooling and installation equipment. 12
Pump Industry Analyst
luor Corp has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma’aden) to support future Ma’aden projects located within and outside Saudi Arabia. Under the MOU, Fluor would be considered for conceptual; pre-front-end engineering and design (FEED); FEED; engineering, procurement and construction management; and program management contracting services for future projects. Fluor has worked with Ma’aden for almost 10 years on projects including the Ma’aden Aluminum Complex and the ongoing Umm Wu’al Phosphate Project.
OIL & GAS
Suez to modernize refinery in Cameroon
S
uez is to upgrade and extend the effluent treatment plant at the National Refining Co’s (Sonara) refinery in Limbé, Cameroon. The E22 million contract was awarded to a consortium comprising Suez, Sogea Satom and Ingenica. It is Suez’s first venture in treating effluents from the refining industry in sub-Saharan Africa. Sonara’s site, which is the only refinery in Cameroon, produces almost 2 million tonnes of refined hydrocarbons per year. Suez will equip the plant with Poseidon™ technology to pre-treat effluent. The consortium will also build an 18 500 m3 storm basin to collect polluted rainwater before treating it, preventing surface run-off of water containing high levels of hydrocarbons. The upgraded plant, which will be completed in September 2018, will have a daily treatment capacity of 9600 m3 of industrial water and rainwater.
SNC-Lavalin wins FEED PETROCHEMICALS conversion to EPC LyondellBasell decides contract in Guinea on Texas for world’s rahms Oil Refineries Ltd has Bselected SNC-Lavalin to undertake largest PO/TBA plant
a front-end engineering design (FEED) conversion to EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract for a 10 000 barrel per day crude oil refinery in Kamsar, Guinea. The FEED will provide a budget cost estimate to obtain a final investment decision for the project later this year. SNC-Lavalin’s scope includes project management, coordination and management of the process licensor, management of the geotechnical and topographic survey contractors, preliminary engineering and procurement, as well as estimating services and EPC execution plan for the complete grassroots refinery, including the tank farm and marine works required for the import of crude oil by ship. The contract signed so far is for the short form FEED, with a process to agree a phased development of the project into an EPC project following FID approval. • SNC-Lavalin Group Inc has completed its acquisition of engineering consultancy WS Atkins plc.
L
yondellBasell has made the final investment decision to build the world’s largest propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant at its Channelview Complex in Texas, USA. The US$2.4 billion project is the company’s single largest capital investment to date. When completed, the plant will produce 1 billion pounds of PO and 2.2 billion pounds of TBA annually. LyondellBasell has already completed front-end engineering design work and received the relevant environmental permits. Construction is expected to start during the second half of 2018 and the project should be completed by the middle of 2021. An associated ethers unit, which will convert TBA to oxyfuels, is proposed for LyondellBasell’s Bayport Complex near Pasadena, Texas. The PO/TBA project is part of LyondellBasell’s US$5 billion organic growth program on the US Gulf Coast.
July 2017