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July 18, 2005

Bechtel Lands ABU Dhabi Gas Project

Located in the United Arab Emirates, the plant will be designed to treat nearly 23 million cubic meters of natural gas and produce 6,400 tonnes of natural gas liquids per day. Bechtel will perform engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning work....

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July 12, 2005

Statement by Bechtel on Dabhol Settlement

In exchange for $160 million in compensation for its equity and contractor claims, Bechtel agreed to forgo international arbitration over the expropriation of its investment. A portion of this financial settlement was subject to Indian taxation. Bechtel took steps to...

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July 7, 2005

Bechtel Telecommunications Honored for Innovation Six Sigma Project

Bechtel's VST enables integration of the Site Acquisition and Network Planning activities for network deployment, to quickly and cost effectively make accurate site selections from a desktop environment. Testing of the initial version on a complex rail network coverage project...

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June 6, 2005

Bechtel CIO Shares Global Communications Nightmare at Supercomm 2005

Building telecommunications on a global basis can be a nightmare — just ask Geir Ramleth, senior VP and CIO at Bechtel, the $17.4 billion-a-year engineering and construction company. At this morning's opening keynote address at the Supercomm 2005 conference in...

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May 31, 2005

Bechtel Wins Court Order to Seize Indian Assets

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, sitting in the Southern District of New York, signed the order directing the attachment of assets held by Maharashtra Power Development Corporation Ltd., which holds a 14.16 percent share in Dabhol Power Corp. General Electric...

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May 23, 2005

Washington Closure Wins Hanford River Corridor Cleanup Contract

The River Corridor Closure Contract, valued by DOE at an estimated $1.9 billion over the next seven years, was awarded to Washington Closure, a limited liability company owned by Washington Group International, Bechtel National, and CH2M Hill. Included in the...

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April 19, 2005

Shell and Bechtel Agree to $1.75 Billion Sale of Intergen

Excluded from the sale are InterGen's assets in the United States, Colombia, and Turkey, which will be reorganised prior to financial closing and retained by Shell and Bechtel pending further review. The transaction is expected to close mid-2005 and is...

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April 18, 2005

Conocophillips and Bechtel Corp. Announces Heads of Agreement for Delayed Coking Collaboration

Under the HOA, Bechtel will provide engineering services support for ConocoPhillips’ ThruPlus Coking Process licensing and design initiatives as related to proposals, studies and process design packages. Bechtel will promote ConocoPhillips as the preferred provider of delayed coking technology with...

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March 16, 2005

Bechtel-Technip Joint Venture Wins Khursaniyah Gas Plant Project

Bechtel-Technip will provide engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup services for Saudi Aramco's Khursaniyah Gas Plant, including two gas-conditioning trains as well as ethane and natural gas liquids recovery units. The complex will process up to 1 billion standard cubic...

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