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US LNG capacity quadrupled

Agreements concluded with America's Dominion energy company have secured Statoil a fourfold increase in its access to liquefied natural gas capacity in the US market.

Angola: new hydro plant

Russia's largest diamond producer Alrosa will spend USD 23 million in 2004 to build a hydroelectric power plant in Angola.

Norway awards licenses

Statoil, Hydro, Shell, Eni, BG, Gaz de France and ChevronTexaco were among 16 companies offered participation in production licenses in Norway's 18th licensing round.

USA: CHP plant in Wisconsin

Northern Power Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems Corp., has been selected by SC Johnson to engineer, build, and commission a USD 6 million turnkey combined heat and power (CHP) system.

Italy: Adriatic LNG terminal

Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract to conduct detailed design and planning activities for future offshore phases of the proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in the North Adriatic Sea.

Bahrain: LPG revamp

Foster Wheeler Ltd has announced that its subsidiary Foster Wheeler Energy Limited has been awarded a contract by the Bahrain National Gas Company (BANAGAS) for front-end engineering design to revamp BANAGAS's liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) facilities.

China: Uhde to build HDPE plant

Uhde GmbH has been awarded a contract by PetroChina Company Ltd to design a polyethylene plant.

USA: power plant project in North Dakota

A Colorado energy company and another firm are applying for an air quality permit to construct a 175MW electric power plant near a former coal mine in SW North Dakota.

USA: ICA Fluor to build power plant

ICA Fluor has announced the signing of a contract for the construction of a combined-cycle power plant in Mexico.

UK: Fluor wins chemical project

Fluor Corporation has been awarded a front-end engineering and design contract by INEOS Chlor for a new chlor-alkali plant to be built at the company's manufacturing complex in Runcorn, Cheshire, UK.