Contracts & tenders

LNG Limited's Bear Paw has been contracted to construct a natural gas pipeline.

Shell Midstream Partners, L.P. recently announced that it has agreed to acquire a 2.62% equity interest in Explorer Pipeline Company.

SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad has secured a RM510 million contract for the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline.

Environmentalists are targeting TransCanada and the proposed the Keystone XL pipeline over fears it would send hundreds of crude oil supertankers down the Atlantic coast.

Chu Kong Petroleum Natural Gas Steel Pipe Holdings Limited has been awarded a price agreement to supply approximately 40 000 t of steel pipes for the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development project.

OneSubsea has ordered the umbilical and accessories from Nexans to develop the Greater Enfield development off the coast of Exmouth, Western Australia.

Repsol Sinopec Resources UK has chosen Technip to maintain this important UK oil and gas infrastructure.

SapuraKencana Petroleum has won a US$113 million Mexico contract for the procurement and construction of a 36 in. sour gas pipeline.

SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad's wholly-owned subsidiary, SapuraKencana Mexicana S.A.P.I. de C.V., has been awarded a contract with a value of approximately US$113 million.

Gazprom and CNPC have discussed the prospect of underground gas storage and gas-fired power generation facilities in China, also approving roadmaps for implementing a memorandum of understanding.

Vallourec has started exclusive negotiations with Ascometal with a view to the sale of its majority holding in the Saint-Saulve steel mill.

World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association was 136 million t in June 2016.

Ben Wilson, Former CTO for GE Oil and Gas, has been appointed as CTO and Global Head of Product Management at P2 Energy Solutions.

Six turbo compressor trains, supplied by Siemens, have been ordered for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline to open up the so-called Southern Gas Corridor for Europe.

DNV GL has recently won the ‘Land based/Onshore pipeline’ category at the Pipeline Industry Guild awards ceremony, held in London on 29 June 2016.