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Final shield delivered to Waste Treatment Plant

newsitemThe last massive shield door has been delivered to the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, also known as the Vit Plant.

Diamond Offshore enters into turnkey contract

Diamond Offshore Drilling Limited, a subsidiary of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., has entered into a turnkey contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. for construction of a new ultra-deepwater drillship.

Fluor JV wins contract from Tengizchevroil

Fluor Corporation’s (FLR) joint venture with WorleyParsons, the Kazakh Institute of Oil and Gas (KING) and KazGiproNefteTrans Engineering Company (KGNT EC) was awarded a contract by Tengizchevroil, LLP (TCO) for its Wellhead Pressure Management Project in Kazakhstan.

Fairstar Heavy Transport wins float-over contract

Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has won a contract by Saipem S.p.A. to provide float-over and installation services to Saipem for the 8000tns CMMP Platform in the Persian Gulf, off-shore Iraq. Saipem has contracted the new 50,000DWT semi-submersible vessel FINESSE for the transportation of the CMMP module from the fabrication facility in Karimun, Indonesia in the second half of 2013.

Leighton wins APLNG contract

Australia Pacific LNG has awarded Leighton Contractors two major multi-million dollar contracts to build key gas and water infrastructure as part of the project’s first phase of coal seam gas (CSG) development.

Siemens lands GLNG contract

  Siemens Energy said it has been awarded a contract to provide long-term maintenance services for the pioneering Santos GLNG Project in Queensland, Australia.

Siakap North – Petai EPCI contract for McDermott

McDermott International, Inc. (MDR) announced that its Malaysian affiliate Berlian McDermott Sdn. Bhd. was awarded a significant subsea contract for executing a deepwater engineering, procurement, construction, transportation, installation and commissioning project offshore Malaysia.

Kvaerner awarded topside EPC contract

Kvaerner has received a letter of intent from Lundin Norway AS for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the topside for the Edvard Grieg platform (formerly Luno). The estimated contract value is approximately NOK 8 billion, excluding options in the contract for offshore hook up and commissioning assistance.

Foster Wheeler signs EFA with Shell

Foster Wheeler AG (FWLT) announced that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed an Asian Enterprise Framework Agreement (EFA) with Shell Global Solutions International B.V.

MRC announces first quarter results

newsitemMRC Global Inc. announced its first quarter 2012 financial results. Sales of USD 1.383 billion were up 39% from USD 992 million in the first quarter of 2011.