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Spectrometer companies to co-operate

Philips Analytical BV, headquartered in Almelo, The Netherlands, and OBLF GmbH, headquartered in Witten, Germany, have announced a formal co-operation agreement between the two companies.

Irish Sea gas contract

US-based Burlington Resources has awarded a GBP 55 million pound engineering contract in its Rivers Fields natural gas venture in the Irish Sea.

New hydrogen unit

Total Raffinaderij Nederland BV (Vlissingen, The Netherlands), has awarded Technip-Coflexip an engineering services contract for modifications of the hydrogen plant to increase availability and capacity to meet hydrocracker requirements.

Sandvik extends tubing stock

Sandvik Steel has extended its range of tubing with the addition of new sizes and a new highly corrosion-resistant steel grade.

Bouygues wins Algerian contract

Bouygues Offshore with Italy's Saipem has won a turn-key contract for an oilfield development project in Algeria.

Nigerian power boost

A USD 540 million contract has been awarded to the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) for two major gas-fired projects at the Afam Power plant near Port Harcourt.

Brunei gas development

Technip-Coflexip has recently won a contract from Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. for its Egret Phase 1 Gas Development Project, offshore Brunei.

Kuwait oil project

The state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp. has called on more international companies to bid for stakes in its upstream oil development project, which will open the lucrative oil sector for foreign companies for the first time in three decades.

Ethylene expansion in Poland

ABB has won a USD 165 million contract from Poland’s PKN Orlen SA to expand an ethylene plant in Poland, a project that will substantially increase the country's ethylene and propylene production.

After China enters the WTO

China’s Stainless steel manufacturing will expand after the country joins the WTO, according to a report in Science & Technology Daily.