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& Veatch's Gas, Oil and Chemicals signs VECO MoU
Posted: 23 May 2003
Black & Veatch’s Gas, Oil and Chemicals (GOC) Division
announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding
(MOU) with VECO Canada Ltd., a multinational engineering, procurement
and construction services provider to the energy, resource and process
industries.
The exclusive agreement will allow VECO to offer Black & Veatch’s
proprietary sulfur recovery and gas processing technologies in the
Canadian marketplace.
“Black & Veatch’s international reputation in the
sulfur recovery and gas processing fields was a major factor for
our selection by VECO,” said Rob Mortko, Black & Veatch
GOC vice president of technology. “This MOU is a win-win for
both companies, and it solidifies Black & Veatch’s reputation
as the preferred technology provider in the process industry.”
Black & Veatch’s proprietary technologies covered by
the MOU include its line of sulfur recovery options as well as its
gas processing technologies, encompassing the PRICO Natural Gas
Liquefaction (LNG) process, the PRO-MAX Liquefied Petroleum Gas
(LPG) recovery process and related LNG technologies.
“The sulfur recovery and gas processing markets in Canada
are expected to be quite robust in the near term,” said Geza
Szabo, VECO senior vice president. “Through Black & Veatch’s
technology leadership and VECO’s established presence in Canada,
this MOU will provide value to both companies as well as to our
customers.”
“As VECO pursues and secures process industry engineering
and construction projects in Canada, we will take pride in knowing
that Black & Veatch’s proprietary technologies are helping
improve the environment, enhance plant operability and augment life
cycle costs for process plants in the region,” said Mortko.
About Gas, Oil and Chemicals
Black & Veatch’s Gas, Oil and Chemicals (GOC) Division
was established in 1920 as J.F. Pritchard Corporation and today
specializes in gas processing, sulfur recovery and LNG technologies,
offering efficient and cost-effective solutions to these markets.
In conjunction with expertise in petroleum refining, petrochemical
and chemical plants and cogeneration units, GOC offers full-service
engineering and construction services across the globe.
GOC has engineered or constructed more than 100 sulfur recovery
units ranging in size up to 2,100 tons per day and over 250 gas
processing projects ranging in size up to 2,200 million standard
cubic feet per day. In addition, GOC has taken its 50+ years of
experience in LNG and become one of the major LNG engineering groups
in the industry. GOC continues to expand its technology leadership
through new patents and licensing arrangements in a wide range of
natural gas processing, sulfur recovery and LNG applications.
About Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch Corporation is a leading global engineering,
construction and consulting company specializing in infrastructure
development in the fields of energy, water and information.
Founded in 1915, Black & Veatch serves its clients with conceptual
and preliminary engineering services, engineering design, procurement,
construction, financial management, asset management, information
technology, environmental, security design and consulting and management
consulting services.
Headquartered in Overland Park, Kan., the employee-owned company
has more than 90 offices worldwide. Black & Veatch is ranked
78th on the Forbes “500 Largest Private Companies in the U.S.”
listing for 2002.
For more information see www.bv.com.
About VECO
VECO Corporation is a multinational program management company headquartered
in Anchorage, Alaska, providing engineering, procurement, construction
and operations and maintenance services to the energy, resource
and process industries and to the public sector.
VECO competes effectively for Engineering and Design Services work
against a very large number of international as well as local consulting
companies worldwide.
It has risen steadily in the rankings produced by Engineering News-Record
(ENR) and is currently 38th out of the top 500 national design firms.
VECO Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of VECO Corporation, is home of
the VECO Corporation Power and Upstream Oil and Gas Business Sectors,
which will represent VECO in this MOU.
For more information see www.VECO.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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