Company News

Houston-headquartered oil, gas and water treatment specialist, ProSep has appointed a general manager for the Middle East as it plans for significant growth in the region.

Industeel, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal specialising in the production of ingots and high value-added steel plates, is to supply 4,000t of steel to AREVA for the building of six steam generators at the Koeberg nuclear power station in South Africa.   AREVA won a EUR 300M contract in September to replace the generators at the nuclear power station close to Cape Town, operated by Eskom, South Africa’s public electricity company. Photo courtesy of ArcelorMittal   Industeel is a long-time partner of AREVA and for several years has been supplying it with steel for building steam generators and the forged components used in nuclear power stations.

Subsea 7 announced the re-appointment of Allen Stevens and Robert Long to the company’s Board of Directors with immediate effect.

The voestalpine Special Steel Division is opening a new location in Gebze near Istanbul jointly with a Böhler Uddeholm sales company this September.   For many years, the voestalpine Group has been operating successfully in Turkey; in the last business year alone, it generated revenue of EUR 160M in that country.

SGS experts will fulfil official safety co-ordination roles for one of the largest refiner and marketer of petroleum products in the world on two projects at a refinery in north west Italy.

Snam's Board of Directors, under Chairperson Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, approved the acquisition of the stake held by CDP GAS, a fully owned subsidiary of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) in Trans Austria Gasleitung (TAG), for a total amount of EUR 505M.   The transaction is in line with Snam’s international development strategy and further strengthens the company’s role amongst infrastructure operators in Europe.

Sulzer acquired Advanced Separation Company (ASCOM), providers of oil, water and gas separation equipment, and ProLabNL, an independent company with unique capabilities to test equipment in actual oil field conditions.   Sulzer agreed to acquire both the companies located in Arnhem, The Netherlands, on 15 September.

International subsea inspection, repair, maintenance (IRM) and light construction company Harkand appointed Alan White as the head of engineering services in Europe.

Vallourec, the premium tubular solutions company, has been awarded a contract by Technip Umbilicals for the Edradour project operated by TOTAL in the UK.

ABB won a USD 103M contract from Brazilian mining company Vale to install electrical and automation systems at a modern iron ore mine in the Carajás mountains of northern Brazil as part of a major capacity expansion.