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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.

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.

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.

Sandvik to supply reheater tubes to Drax

Sandvik Steel has announced that it has received a large order to supply reheater tubes to AES Drax Power Station for refurbishment work to be carried out during the spring outage beginning April 2002.

Titanium risers

Stolt Comex Seaway, with financial assistance from the EC, has undertaken a project to demonstrate the value of titanium alloy pipes as a practical alternative to current flexible pipe technology for dynamic risers in floating production systems for the recovery of oil and gas reserves.

Fertiliser tube order from China

Sandvik Steel has received its largest ever order for heat exchanger tubes from the fertiliser industry in China.

Special Metals announces new appointments

Special Metals Welding Products Company, formerly Inco Alloys International, Inc. has announced the following organisational changes.