MARKET PROSPECTS

4Pump Industry Analyst November 2013

plant, infrastructures for the mine and process plant, tailings storage and mine reclamation and closure. SNC-Lavalin will also study options for transporting the iron ore concentrate to port facilities located in the Sept-Iles region.

The study has already started at SNC-Lavalin’s offices in Montreal and is expected to be completed by September 2014.

Jacobs secures gold project contract

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc has been awarded an engineering,

procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by Midway Gold Corp for its Pan gold project in Nevada, USA.

Jacobs will managing the construction of the leach pad, ponds, buildings, ADR plant and other mine site infrastructure, and is providing the manpower and equipment for the construction phase of the Pan project.

CHEMICALS

KBR to study ammonia plant revamp in Algeria

Fertial SpA has selected KBR to conduct a study that will improve

safety, reliability and energy efficiency of two ammonia plants in Algeria.

The outcomes of the study will also increase the overall ammonia production capacity by 50% and be introduced in a phase-by-phase approach for the 1970s vintage plants.

OIL & GAS

FW to undertake initial FEED for proposed LNG project in Russian Far East

Rosneft and ExxonMobil have selected a subsidiary of Foster

Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group to

undertake the initial phase of the front-end engineering design (FEED) for a proposed Russian Far East liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.

Foster Wheeler is one of two companies to be awarded separate contracts for the initial FEED work prior to selection of a single contractor for the second FEED phase.

Foster Wheeler will undertake preliminary engineering and execution planning for the LNG plant and associated gas pipelines, infrastructure and marine facilities. The work will include location and concept studies, design basis definition, main technical solutions development, constructability assessment, definition of project execution strategies and preparation of preliminary information for submission to the Russian authorities.

Baker Hughes rig count: October 2013

Baker Hughes Inc’s worldwide rig count for October 2013 was

3437, up 6 from the 3431 counted in September 2013, and down 21 from the 3458 recorded in October 2012.

The average US rig count for October 2013 was 1744, down 16 on September 2013’s 1760, and down 90 from October 2012. The average Canadian rig count for October 2013 was 378, down 9 on September 2013, but up 13 on October 2012.

October 2013’s international rig count was 1315, up 31 from the 1284 counted in September 2013, and up 56 from the 1259 recorded in October 2012.

The international offshore rig count for October 2013 was 316, compared with 313 in September 2013, and 306 in October 2012.

Jacobs wins CSG to LNG project work in Australia

Jacobs is performing concept study and pre-FEED (front-end engineering

and design) activities to support further development of the upstream portion of QGC’s Queensland Curtis LNG project in Australia.

Jacobs’ scope of work includes the production well pads that produce and

separate gas and water; the gathering systems that transport the produced fluids; and the field compressor stations that form part of the transport system carrying the produced gas to the LNG production facilities.

These facilities are designed to connect into the existing infrastructure that transports coal seam gas (CSG) to QGC’s LNG plant located on Curtis Island, near Gladstone in Queensland. The Queensland Curtis LNG project is anticipated to be the world’s first project to convert CSG into LNG, and to provide cleaner hydrocarbon energy for export markets from 2014.

Doosan and Korea Southern Power partner on combined cycle plants

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction and Korea Southern

Power have signed an agreement to jointly develop overseas projects to convert simple cycle plants into combined cycle power plants.

The agreement brings together Korea Southern Power’s power plant operational know-how with Doosan’s expertise in power plant equipment manufacturing and the EPC business.

Construction is to supply core equipment and facilities for Korea Midland Power Co Ltd’s Sinboryeong Thermal Power Plants No 1 and 2 under a US$ 800 million contract.

Marathon Petroleum commits to Sandpiper project

Marathon Petroleum Corp will serve as an anchor shipper

for the Sandpiper Project, a transportation corridor from Beaver Lodge, North Dakota to Superior, Wisconsin, USA.

MPC will fund 37.5% of the construction of the Sandpiper Project, which will become part of Enbridge Energy Partners’ North Dakota System when it is completed. Sandpiper is targeted to be operational in early 2016.