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KBR has been awarded a FEED contract to perform work for the topsides and hull associated with a new-build, double-sided, single-bottom hull Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. The FPSO will be located offshore Angola and FEED is scheduled to start immediately, with a duration of 12 months.

Iron ore and titanium deposits with estimated reserves of 5 million tons have been found and inventoried during prospecting activities carried out by the Mozambican Ministry for Mining Resources in Tete province.

PacificOre Mining Corp announced an outline of the first planned drill program on the Lac Dore vanadium-iron-titanium project, which has now been presented by the company's geological consultants. The Lac Dore project consists of 42 contiguous mineral claims covering an area of 1.

The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) is marking the centenary since stainless steel was first discovered and commercialized in style.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. will acquire 100% Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) and a 50% interest in El Paso Natural Gas (EPNG) pipeline from Kinder Morgan, Inc.

Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract by Dominion Virginia Power to build its new Brunswick County Power Station, a combined-cycle, natural gas-fired power station in Brunswick County, VA.

Technip was awarded by Ithaca Energy (UK) Ltd an EPIC subsea contract for the Greater Stella Area (GSA) development, located 280km East-Southeast of Aberdeen, Scotland at a water depth of approximately 90m.

Leicester Square has uplifted its look with new balustrades and gates, made of Outokumpu stainless steel, around the park area.

Sound Oil, the upstream oil and gas company with assets in Italy and Indonesia, is pleased to announce the appointment of the Italian engineering company CSTI Srl as engineering contractor for the Rapagnano Gas Field and a related funding contract. Sound Oil has appointed CSTI to undertake the surface and facilities engineering for the Rapagnano project and has also signed an associated funding contract with CSTI.The Rapagnano field, located in the Fermo Province (Marche), onshore Italy, was discovered in 1952 and produced 4Bscf gas from the Pliocene interval until 2001, when the well was shut down because of water influx from the upper of two separate gas-bearing reservoirs.

McDermott International, Inc. reported that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a contract by the Discovery system for offshore facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.