Company News

In this section you can find updates from suppliers, manufacturers, fabricators and stockists of stainless steel material. This company news section is updated regularly with the latest company news from within the global stainless steel world community. If you wish to include your news release on our website and email newsletter, please feel free to contact the editor.

Qatar fertiliser plants modernised

Qatar Fertiliser Company (QAFCO) have recently awarded Uhde GmbH two new contracts.

Gasoline hydroheaters

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company NV will design and build two gasoline hydrotreaters in Port Arthur, Texas, and Lima, Ohio.

Murmansk pipeline memorandum

Lukoil, Sibneft, Yukos and Tyumen Oil Company (TNK) have signed a memorandum of mutual understanding to create an oil pipeline system to transport oil through an oil terminal close to Murmansk.

Ammonia plant bids

Chilean explosives company Enaex could call for bids in March 2003 for the construction of a USD 120–130 million ammonia plant at Mejillones in Chile's Region II, Enaex CEO Camilo Sandoval has said.

B&W wins contract for Coleson Cove

Babcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Babcock & Wilcox Company, has been awarded a contract worth more than USD 280 million (CDN) as part of the refurbishment of NB Power's Coleson Cove Generating Station in New Brunswick.

LNG plant in Equatorial Guinea

Marathon Oil Company has awarded a front-end engineering and design contract to Bechtel Corporation for the company's planned phase 3 expansion project in Equatorial Guinea.

ConocoPhillips investments

ConocoPhillips has approved a USD 6.6 billion capital budget for 2003.

Faeroese oil find

On the Faeroe Islands expectations of having an oil industry in future are growing after a new discovery in the British sector of the sea area.

Gas plants for Nigeria

Nigeria's National Oil and Chemical Marketing Plc (NOLCHEM) has concluded plans to build four liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) plants in different parts of the country.

Membrane expansion

NATCO Group Inc. has agreed with Kinder Morgan CO2 Company LP to more than double the capacity of its CO2 membrane separation facility in the SACROC field.