MARKET PROSPECTS

The project will supply 60 000 m3 per day of water, enough to serve 500 000 people. Construction starts in November 2012 with commercial operations scheduled to begin in 2014. Desalinated water will be sold to Ghana Water Ltd Co (GWLC) under a 25-year water sales contract. Sojitz and Abengoa formed a strategic business alliance last year to conduct joint development desalination projects, mainly in Africa and America, and to further promote development of the water business. new vehicle ownership and production, construction and industrial activity, especially in the power generation and oil and gas production sectors. The project will be completed in the first quarter of 2016. In Australia, Saipem will increase its work on the Santos GLNG Gas Transmission Pipeline Project which is currently under development in Queensland. The additional work includes the engineering, procurement and construction of an underwater segmental lining tunnel for the marine crossing of the wetlands between the Gladstone State Development Area (GSDA) and Curtis Island. The tunnel will serve as the conduit for the 420km gas pipeline which will supply coal seam natural gas to the LNG facility on Curtis Island. The work will be completed in 20 months.

KBR named preferred EPMS provider for BP project

P has selected KBR as its preferred engineering and project management services (EPMS) provider for the select stage activities of the oil companys Project 20KTM program. Project 20KTM is an initiative investing in technology to enable exploration, development and production of reservoirs that were previously beyond reach. KBR will provide technical design studies and management plans for new technologies, develop program execution plans, conduct risk assessments, determine capital cost estimates and schedule estimates across four main 20KTM systems: drilling, well design and completions, subsea production systems and well interventions and containment. KBR will also serve as the repository for program documentation and as the clearinghouse for supply chain management and procurement services. The project will be managed from KBRs Houston operating centre.

Doosan awarded US$1bn Saudi desal project

oosan Heavy Industries & Construction has received a letter of award worth US$1 billion from Saline Water Conversion Corp for the Yanbu Phase 3 Seawater Desalination Plant project in Saudi Arabia. The Yanbu Phase 3 Desalination Plant will be built with MSF technologies in the industrial city of Yanbu, 350km north of Jeddah, to supply fresh water to Yanbu and the nearby Medina region. The plant will deliver 550 000 tons (121 MIGD) of water, which is enough to meet the daily requirements of 1.8 million people. The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract includes equipment design and manufacturing as well as installation and testing. The project is expected to be completed by March 2016.

FW to deliver E&P services for new Reliance paraxylene facility in India

eliance Industries Ltd has selected Foster Wheeler to provide engineering and procurement services for its paraxylene project in Jamnagar, India. This project is part of Reliances multibillion-dollar expansion at its world-scale Jamnagar refining and petrochemical complex. Foster Wheelers work will include detailed engineering, licensor coordination and procurement services for the new paraxylene plant. The project will be executed from Foster Wheelers Indian and UK operations.

OIL & GAS

Saipem secures E&C onshore work worth US$800mn

Shell plans lubricants blending plant in Indonesia

hell is to build a new lubricants blending plant in Indonesia, with construction starting after completion of a tender process over the coming months. The 120 000 tonnes per year plant will be located just north of Jakarta, and will produce a range of high quality consumer, transport, industrial and marine lubricants. Shell is expecting strong growth in lubricant demand in Indonesia, driven by

aipem has signed a new contract in Mexico and agreed to changes in the scope of work of an existing engineering and construction (E&C) onshore contract in Australia, for work valued at more than US$800 million. In Mexico, Transportadora de Gas Natural Norte-Noroeste has awarded Saipem an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a pipeline between El Encino and Topolobampo. The contract covers the engineering, procurement and construction of a 550km gas pipeline, along with two compressor stations to be installed along the route. The pipeline will have a capacity of 670 million cubic feet of natural gas per day.

C$12mn in Australian offshore contracts for ProSep

roSep Incs majority owned South Korean joint venture ProSep Kolon Co Ltd has secured two contracts, together worth C$12 million, for the supply of a seawater filtration package and mercury removal unit. The customers are South Korean engineering firms who are performing EPC work for a large liquid natural gas (LNG) project located offshore Australia. The ProSep equipment is expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2014.
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November 2012

Pump Industry Analyst