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South Pars 9 & 10 contract imminent

Iran's oil ministry is close to awarding a USD 1.6 billion contract for phases 9 and 10 of its giant South Pars gas field to a consortium headed either by Korea's LG Construction Co. or France's Technip-Coflexip SA (TKP), head of the Pars Oil and Gas Company said.

Raccortubi: changes at the top

Raccortubi Group announces that Mr Ottavio Carollo has been appointed General Manager of Raccortubi.

W. Australian co-generation plants

Western Australia-based utility AlintaGas has signed a memorandum of understanding with Alcoa Australia to jointly develop co-generation power plants at Alcoa's alumina refineries in Western Australia.

Biopharma plant for Canada

Dutch chemicals company DSM NV will invest EUR 7 million in a new biopharmaceutical plant in Canada.

Refinery expansion project in Abu Dhabi

Technip-Coflexip has been awarded, by Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co., a lump-sum turn-key contract worth about USD 480 million for the expansion of the Ruwais Refinery to modernise the existing facilities and to add new units for the production of unleaded gasoline and low sulphur gas oil.

South Pars contract “ready for signatureâ€?

Oil Minister Bijan Namdar-Zanganeh has said that the contracts for phases 9 and 10 of the South Pars Gas Field are ready to be signed.

Lukoil to build oil terminal in Leningrad region

Russian oil major Lukoil is to invest USD 150 million in the construction of an oil product terminal in the port of Vysotsk (Leningrad region), Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov said.

Jacobs receives Genzyme contract

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced that a subsidiary company will provide Genzyme Corp. with concept development, detailed design, and construction management for Genzyme's manufacturing capacity expansion in Waterford, Ireland.

Shock absorber resists corrosion

Hoerbiger-Origa has expanded its range of miniature industrial shock absorbers or linear decelerators, with 38 versions of a corrosion-resistant model called Armor Line.

Uprated dosing pump

The MRoy range of dosing pumps has been extended with the introduction of the XB model, a hydraulically actuated diaphragm pump which delivers flow rates up to 310 litre/h and maximum pressures of 105bar.