Operations-Maintenance News
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Technology company The Linde Group will be managing the gas supply infrastructure of SIBUR, the largest petrochemical company in Russia, CIS and Eastern Europe, at its Dzerzhinsk site in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia, also building and operating two new air separation units (ASUs). Both companies signed a long-term contract to this effect today. |
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In the 22nd licensing round, the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered RWE Dea Norge a new production license as operator. |
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Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has secured its second North Sea duty holder contract extension this year. Valued at approximately $200m (£140m GBP), the life of field contract from Ithaca Energy will see WGPSN operate and deliver managed services to the Beatrice offshore platforms and Nigg onshore terminal until the end of their operating life. |
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Southern California Edison (SCE), the majority owner and operator of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), has notified San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) that a decision has been reached to permanently retire SONGS Units 2 and 3 and to seek approval to start the decommissioning activities for the entire facility. |
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Royal HaskoningDHV will remain the manager of all public assets of the Chemelot chemical park in the Netherlands until the end of 2017. This has been laid down in a new multi-million Euro contract. Sitech Site Services has reviewed and renewed the former contract prematurely. |
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Unit 2 at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant resumed generating electricity for the regional electric grid on Wednesday (6/5) following a successful refueling and maintenance outage that included extensive inspections and plant improvements. |
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Leighton Holdings is aware of a market rumour regarding its contact mining business in Indonesia. Leighton confirms there is a dispute between its subsidiary Thiess and the owners of the Senakin and Satui mines in South Kalimantan, PT Arutmin Indonesia (70% BT Bumi Resources and 30% Tata Steel). |
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced today a partnership with GlobaLogix to provide a new SCADA Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that is based on ABB’s SCADAvantageTM product. The partnership is aimed at providing a robust and open SCADA service to reduce operation risks and maintenance burden, while also lowering upfront costs. |
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ExxonMobil’s Singapore Chemical Plant is now producing ethylene from the facility’s second world-scale steam cracker. |
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The Gazprom Neft Board of Directors has approved the company’s 2025 development strategy. The 2025 strategy uses the 2020 strategy as a foundation taking into account both the changing industry environment and the state of the global economy. The document outlines the company’s goals in key business areas such as hydrocarbon production, refining and sales. |