India: ferroalloy unit at Vizag
Maithon Alloys Ltd (Kolkata) has chosen Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, for its proposed ferroalloy project, Pramod Chaudhury.
Russia: Uzbek pipeline
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has secured an agreement from Uzbekistan to start building a new gas pipeline to Russia in a deal that bolsters Moscow's sway over Central Asian energy supplies.
India: steam generator boilers
Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has won its first commercial order worth INR 25 billion for the supply of 800MW steam generator boilers from Andhra Pradesh Power Development Co. for the 1600MW Krishnapatnam power project in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh in India.
China: oil refinery
China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) (Beijing, China) and Russia-based national oil company, Rosneft (Moscow), have agreed to invest USD 4 billion to build a joint-venture oil-refining company in China with an annual capacity of 10 million tons.
Italy: LNG terminals planned
Anonima Petroli Italiana SPA, Rome, has applied for approval from the country's Environment Ministry for an offshore regasification terminal with a capacity of about 4 billion cum/yr.