Tag: project

South Pars 4 & 5 operational next year

Managing Director of Pars Oil and Gas Company Asadollah Salehiforuz has said that operations for development of the phases 4 and 5 of South Pars gas field will start as of next year.

Tokyo’s first hydrogen refuelling station

Showa Shell Sekiyu KK (Showa Shell) is to build the first hydrogen refuelling station in Tokyo, in partnership with Iwatani International Corporation and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

Baosteel to build heavy plate mill

Baoshan Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd. (Baosteel, Shanghai, China), has placed an order for the construction of a 5-meter heavy-plate mill with an international consortium under the leadership of SMS Demag AG.

ABB wins Sakhalin order

ABB has signed a contract worth USD 987 million with Exxon Neftegas Ltd, to develop onshore oil and gas processing and well-site support facilities on Russia’s Sakhalin Island, in the Sea of Okhotsk.

New report reveals corrosion costs

A recently released study sponsored by NACE International estimates the annual direct cost of corrosion in the USA to be USD 276 billion.

Saudi gas deals to be restructured?

Talks between Saudi Arabia and its main foreign partners in three mega-gas ventures have "broken down in deadlock, leaving the future of the project in its current shape in doubt," the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES has reported.

Howe quick delivery

Howe-Baker Engineers, Ltd, a subsidiary of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company recently fabricated a modular 4000 BPD UOP Minalk (minimum alkalinity) Merox™ unit for Shell Chemical Yabucoa Inc. in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.

Thailand power plant

ITE Electric Co Ltd has said its associate Industrial Power Technology Pte Ltd has secured a contract worth about USD 3 million from Buo Sommai Rice Mill Company Ltd for the construction of a rice husk-fired power plant in Thailand. It gave no other details.

Four firms vie for Chinese gas

General Electric Co, Alstom, Siemens AG and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have been shortlisted to supply power generating equipment for 10 gas-fired power plants across China.

ChevronTexaco to invest in Kazakh oilfield

ChevronTexaco plans to invest USD 3 billion in its projects at the major oil and gas field Tenghiz in Atyrau region in western Kazakhstan, Chevron-Texaco Vice President George L. Kirkland has said.