Technip was awarded by BG International Ltd (BG) a lump sum engineering, procurement, commissioning and installation (EPCI) contract for the development of the Starfish field. Located in the East Coast Marine Area, offshore Trinidad, the field lies at a water depth of approximately 130 meters and will be tied back to the existing Dolphin ‘A’ Platform operated by BG.

The EPCI contract covers the project management, detailed design and procurement of:

• a 14” 10-kilometer concrete coated production flowline(1),
• an 11-kilometer control umbilical(2),
• riser(3) and spoolpiece tie-ins,
• four flexible jumpers(4).

In addition, the following client-supplied items will be installed:

• a subsea manifold(5),
• topsides high integrity pipeline protection system (optional).

Technip's operating center in Houston, Texas will perform the overall project management with detailed design being completed by Genesis, a wholly-owned Technip subsidiary. The umbilical will be manufactured by Technip’s Duco Inc. facility in Channelview, Texas and the flexible jumpers will be manufactured by Technip’s Flexi France plant in Le Trait, France.

Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that it has acquired Three Streams Engineering, Ltd., a privately held engineering company located in Calgary, Canada.

Three Streams is a multi-discipline full service engineering, procurement, and construction management company with upstream and downstream projects located in Western Canada. It has approximately 450 employees.

“The acquisition of Three Streams is part of our stated strategy to grow the upstream capabilities and the geographic footprint of our Global Engineering and Construction Group,” said Kent Masters, Chief Executive Officer of Foster Wheeler AG. “Additionally, with Three Streams, we have taken a step to increase our presence in the Canadian SAGD market.”

Masters said, “We are excited about the opportunities that this acquisition brings us in Canada. The combination of talents from the two companies gives us a very strong team in that market, and we welcome the employees of Three Streams to Foster Wheeler.”

Engineering and project services company Clough Limited (ASX:CLO) today announced that the Clough Curtain Joint Venture (CCJV) has received work orders worth approximately A$75 million associated with the PNG LNG Upstream Infrastructure contract.

The PNG LNG Project is an integrated development that includes gas production and processing facilities, onshore and offshore pipelines and liquefaction facilities. Participating interests are affiliates of Exxon Mobil Corporation (including Esso Highlands Limited as operator, 33.2 per cent), Oil Search Limited (29.0 per cent), National Petroleum Company of PNG (PNG Government, 16.6 per cent), Santos Limited (13.5 per cent), JX Nippon Oil &Gas Exploration (4.7 per cent), Mineral Resources Development Company (PNG landowners, 2.8 per cent) and Petromin PNG Holdings Limited (0.2 per cent).