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Contracts and projects: Oil & Gas Feb 2014

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In Indiana, Emerson Process Management has completed a process automation project, as part of a major BP upgrade of its refinery in Whiting - the group's largest refinery in the US. As main automation contractor, Emerson provided technologies and services that helped enable the Chicago-area refinery to modernise its facility to process advantaged crude supplies. (Read more)

The Arctic countries together rank as the top seven most attractive mining destinations in the world, according to UKTI - citing the findings of Fraser Institute global mining survey,  Led by  Finland, Sweden, Canada, Norway and Greenland, the region offers major opportunities to UK businesses across different products and services. These, say UKTI, include exploration and mining, construction and infrastructure, financial and professional services, and equipment and machinery. (Read more)

ConocoPhillips has placed a £600k order with Amarinth for the design and manufacture API 610 OH2 separator recirculation pumps for the Britannia-operated Alder platform in the North Sea. The pumps, which have to fit into the existing Alder structure, are for high pressure duties on the platform separator recirculation process where the suction pressure can fluctuate between 1 and 60 bar.  (Read more)

Energy production technology services company Proserv has extended its subsea manufacturing capabilities with the acquisition of the entire share capital of UK-based KRG Industries from majority shareholder Torishima Pump Mfg. Co. Ltd of  Japan. KRG provides precision engineering services including machining, welding, inspection and testing to oil & gas OEMs, oilfield service companies and defence contractors.

Gazprom Energy on 5 Feb announced a new commercial partnership with Tata Chemicals Europe to support production at the business’ combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Cheshire.
The deal will see the business energy firm supply natural gas to the chemical company’s existing CHP facility in Northwich in addition to buying back excess electricity generated by the plant.

In Texas, Phillips 66 is to invest $3bn in its Sweeny fractionator one and Freeport LPG export terminal. The Sweeny unit in Old Ocean, close to the company’s Sweeny Refinery, will supply natural gas liquids (NGL) products to the petchem industry and heating markets. The 100k bpd NGL fractionator is to startup Q3/15. The Freeport terminal at the company’s existing marine terminal in Freeport, will have an initial export capacity of 4.4m barrels/month and is to start mid-2016.

Energy production technology services company Proserv has extended its subsea manufacturing capabilities with the acquisition of the entire share capital of UK-based KRG Industries from majority shareholder Torishima Pump Mfg. Co. Ltd of  Japan. KRG provides precision engineering services including machining, welding, inspection and testing to oil & gas OEMs, oilfield service companies and defence contractors.
 
Fluor Corp's JV with JGC was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Chevron Canada Ltd for the proposed Kitimat Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Bish Cove, British Columbia, Canada. Chevron and Apache Canada Ltd each hold a 50% interest in the proposed project. The project scope includes completion of the existing FEED package by finalizing value-improving concepts for the proposed LNG facility. The scope of work also includes detailed engineering and procurement services for the initial phases of the project.
 
Proserv has secured two contracts in the Gulf of Mexico, together worth £10.5m. At Noble Energy’s Gunflint field in the Mississippi Canyon area, its fibre optic systems will allow high-speed network communication from 1859m below the surface. Proserv’s team of subsea controls experts in Great Yarmouth, UK, will lead the manufacturing of the seven subsea control modules. Control systems for three wells will be provided to Talos Energy's Green Canyon Block and will also include a subsea distribution system. The Great Yarmouth team will manufacture the equipment, which will operate at a depth of 762m.

Shell has begun production from the Mars B development through Olympus – its seventh, and largest, floating deep-water platform in the Gulf of Mexico. It is the first deep-water project in the Gulf to expand an existing oil and gas field, it is expected to extend the life of the greater Mars basin to 2050 or beyond. Combined future production from Olympus and the original Mars platform will deliver an estimated 1bn barrels of oil equivalent, Shell said 4 Feb.

KBR has been awarded a contract for the basic design development for Heerema Offshore Services' large new semisubmersible crane vessel (NSCV). Subsidiary GVA completed seven months of feasibility and conceptual studies on the NSCV in 2013. The basic design phase of the new vessel will cover the major part of 2014, KBR announced 4 Feb.

Bechtel is designing and building the facility, also known as the Vit Plant, for the US Department of Energy. When complete, the plant will treat 56m gallons of radioactive waste stored in underground tanks in Washington state. Watch a company video of the progress.

One of the largest oil companies in Poland is looking for specialised pit-drilling equipment, including pumps, cables and modules, along with appropriate certificates. The tender is split into two parts: Supply of six complete sets of pit-drilling equipment: Supply of six complete sets of pit pumps, along with ESP. The deadline for responses in 9 Feb. UKTI details - external site.

Air Products is to supply main cryogenic heat exchangers for the Yamal LNG project. Under an deal with a consortium including Technip and JGC Corp, three of its MCR units will be employed wiithin the propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant liquefaction process. Each of these units using Air Products LNG process technology and equipment will produce 5,500ktpa of LNG, for the overall 16,500ktpa three-train facility.

Dubai Petroleum Establishment has signed up Technip for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the Jalilah B field development project, 90km offshore Dubai, at water depth reaching 60m. The scope includes the Jalilah B platform, a 900-tonne deck, a 500-tonne jacket, 13 new risers on existing platforms and 110km of pipelines. Technip’s center in Abu Dhabi will execute the project for completion in the second half of 2014.

Azerbaijan International Operating Co., operated by BP, has started oil production from the West Chirag platform as part of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli field development in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. Production began from one of the pre-drilled wells - J05, on 28 Jan. The oil will first pass through newly installed processing facilities on the platform and be exported to the Sangachal Terminal via a new in-field pipeline linked to an existing 30” subsea export pipeline.
 
Enbridge is to construct extra facilities at its Sunday Creek Terminal in the Christina Lake area of northern Alberta, to support production growth from the Christina Lake oil sands project operated by Cenovus Energy and jointly owned with ConocoPhillips. The $0.2bn expansion is due in-service Q3/15 and includes development of a site beside the existing terminal, construction of a 350k barrel tank with piping, pumps and measurement equipment, and civil work for a future tank.

The AMEC Tekfen Azfen (ATA) consortium has won a $974m contract for the BP-operated Stage 2 development of the Shah Deniz gas field in the Caspian Sea, AMEC said 28 Jan. ATA's remit covers the fabrication, load out and offshore hook-up and commissioning of the topsides units of the two Stage 2 platforms.  (Read more)

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded a new two-year oil sands and plant services contract by Suncor Energy Services Inc. at its Fort McMurray base plant, Jacobs announced 28 Jan.
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Alfa Laval has won an SEK65m order to supply its Packinox heat exchangers to an integrated refinery-petrochemical complex in the Middle East. Delivery is scheduled for 2014 and 2015. The heat exchangers will be included in a process to remove substances, such as sulfur, from the feed stock.

Weir Group PLC has signed a two-year contract with Lukoil Oil Co. to provide general maintenance services for the West Qurna-2 oilfield in Southern Iraq. The £59m deal will see Weir engineers deliver mechanical, electrical, maintenance and pipeline services for the related production facilities, including the Mishrif central processing plant, Weir said 24 Jan.

Wood Group GTS
has won a long-term contract with Rockland Capital to provide maintenance services for two GE Frame 7EA gas turbines at the company's 225MW Eagle Point power facility in Westville, New Jersey. The 13-year deal covers parts, repairs, field services, installation of the ECOMAX combustion management system, and remote monitoring and diagnostics to provide predictive performance management of the gas turbines.

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Process contracts and projects: Global Jan 2014


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