Iraq's Sweet Water Canal Restoration Complete

Iraq's Sweet Water Canal Restoration Complete

21 December 2004

December 21, 2004 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced that Southern Iraq’s Sweet Water Canal restoration was successfully completed last week. The completed USAID project improves the quality and nearly doubles the quantity of treated water produced for the 1.75 million of the Basrah region.

Cheniere Energy Awards Construction Turnkey Contract to Bechtel Corporation

Cheniere Energy Awards Construction Turnkey Contract to Bechtel Corporation

20 December 2004

Cheniere Energy, Inc. (AMEX:LNG) announced that its wholly owned limited partnership, Sabine Pass LNG, L.P. (Sabine), and Bechtel Corporation executed a Lump Sum Turnkey Agreement for the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) of the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving, storage and regasification terminal to be located in western Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Sabine intends to give Bechtel Limited Notice to Proceed under the EPC agreement for off-site engineering and preparatory work to commence later this month. Construction at the site is expected to begin during the first quarter of 2005, and the terminal is scheduled to be operational in early 2008.

Bechtel Awarded $1.5 Billion OGD III Gas Expansion Project in the United Arab Emirates

Bechtel Awarded $1.5 Billion OGD III Gas Expansion Project in the United Arab Emirates

03 December 2004

Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Company (GASCO), the onshore gas-processing subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), has awarded Bechtel the $1.5 billion Onshore Gas Development (OGD) III project  to expand production of the oil and gas field in Habshan, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The project will run from December 2004 to April 2008, and the scope of work covers engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) and commissioning.  

Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff Testifies in Boston About Big Dig Tunnels

Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff Testifies in Boston About Big Dig Tunnels

02 December 2004

Representatives of the Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff joint venture appeared today in Boston before the Joint Transportation Committee of the Massachusetts State Legislature to discuss the issue of water entering tunnels in the Central Artery/Tunnel Project.  The session lasted approximately three hours.