A subsidiary of US-based McDermott International has been awarded a cable procurement and installation project for Saudi Aramco in the Safaniya, Abu Safah and Marjan fields, Saudi Arabia
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Fluor inks pact with Shell for downstream projects in Europe, Africa and Middle East
Fluor Corporation has signed a five-year enterprise framework agreement with Shell to provide services for Shells downstream and, potentially, upstream onshore projects in Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EAME)
Takreer awards US$2.48 billion contract to Samsung Engineering
Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer) has awarded a US$2.48bn contract to Samsung Engineering Company to build a carbon black unit and a delayed coker unit in Ruwais, west of Abu Dhabi, by January 2016
Libya: Likely impact on NOC as a result of east-west divisions
Libyas National Oil Company (NOC) issued a decree on 4 October 2012 that gave its branch in eastern Libya the autonomy to independently run operations in the east of the country
Samsung awarded US$871 million Yanbu project
Samsung Engineering has been awarded the Yanbu refinery expansion project from Saudi Aramco Lubricating Oil Refining Company (Luberef) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia