Vietnam: stainless steel plant
Vietnam has given approval to a Taiwan company to build a USD 650 million stainless steel factory in the province of Ba Ria Vung Tau.
USA: new 2000 horsepower land rigs
Rowan Co., has announced that it has been awarded term drilling contracts from three different operators covering six new LEWCO/SourceOne land rigs.
Precision Castparts aquires
Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Special Metals Corp. (SMC), for USD 540 million in cash, including the repayment of SMC’s outstanding debt.
India: petrochemicals plant
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) will be investing in its Hazira petrochemicals plant within the next year.
UK: underground gas storage facilities
E.ON (UK) is to build one of the UK’s largest underground gas storage facilities after it acquired a company from ScottishPower that had gained full planning permission to develop the site.
