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Following [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005, Bechtel was one of four companies hired by [[Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]] to build temporary housing.<ref name=Baker2006 /> Bechtel delivered over 35,000 trailers in under a year for displaced residents in [[Mississippi]], though the company was criticized by officials and in the media for the cost and quality of work.<ref name=Kaye2007>{{cite news |title=Controversy Continues over Post-Katrina Spending on Trailers |author=Jefferey Kaye |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather-jan-june07-katrina_04-09/ |work=[[PBS]] |date=April 9, 2007 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> | Following [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005, Bechtel was one of four companies hired by [[Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]] to build temporary housing.<ref name=Baker2006 /> Bechtel delivered over 35,000 trailers in under a year for displaced residents in [[Mississippi]], though the company was criticized by officials and in the media for the cost and quality of work.<ref name=Kaye2007>{{cite news |title=Controversy Continues over Post-Katrina Spending on Trailers |author=Jefferey Kaye |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather-jan-june07-katrina_04-09/ |work=[[PBS]] |date=April 9, 2007 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> | ||
In 2007, Bechtel began work on the [[A3 motorway (Romania)|Romanian A3 motorway (Autostrada Transilvania)]] and Albanian motorways. Bechtel and the Romanian National Roads Authority jointly agreed on a settlement to end the contract for works on the Autostrada Transilvania in 2013. The Albanian Motorway was opened to traffic in 2010 on schedule.<ref name=Rogers14>{{cite news |title=Romania offers $450m to the contractor who'll finish its road to nowhere |author=David Rogers |url=http://www.globalconreview.com/markets/romania-offers-450m-finish-road-nowhere/ |work=Global Construction Review |date=June 6, 2014 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Koleka07>{{cite news |title=Highway set to bring Albania and Kosovo closer |author=Benet Koleka |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-albania-kosovo-link-idUSL261003820070628?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0 |work= | In 2007, Bechtel began work on the [[A3 motorway (Romania)|Romanian A3 motorway (Autostrada Transilvania)]] and Albanian motorways. Bechtel and the Romanian National Roads Authority jointly agreed on a settlement to end the contract for works on the Autostrada Transilvania in 2013. The Albanian Motorway was opened to traffic in 2010 on schedule.<ref name=Rogers14>{{cite news |title=Romania offers $450m to the contractor who'll finish its road to nowhere |author=David Rogers |url=http://www.globalconreview.com/markets/romania-offers-450m-finish-road-nowhere/ |work=Global Construction Review |date=June 6, 2014 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Koleka07>{{cite news |title=Highway set to bring Albania and Kosovo closer |author=Benet Koleka |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-albania-kosovo-link-idUSL261003820070628?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0 |work=Reuters |date=June 28, 2007 |access-date=August 21, 2014 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006065841/http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/28/us-albania-kosovo-link-idUSL261003820070628?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
Other major projects at the end of the 2000s included the twinning of the [[Tacoma Narrows Bridge]] in [[Washington (state)|Washington]] state,<ref name=Carson07>{{cite news |title=At last, it's good to go |author=Rob Carson |url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2007/07/15/110260/at-last-its-good-to-go.html |work=[[The News Tribune]] |date=July 15, 2007 |access-date=September 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114720/http://www.thenewstribune.com/2007/07/15/110260/at-last-its-good-to-go.html |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Jamnagar Refinery]] expansion in [[India]],<ref name=GI08>{{cite news |title=Sohar Aluminium pours first hot metal |url=http://www.gulfindustryonline.com/news/6795_Sohar-Aluminium-pours-first-hot-metal.html |work=Gulf Industry Online |date=July 1, 2008 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> [[EG LNG|Equatorial GuineaLNG]],<ref name=HT>{{cite news |title=Equatorial Guinea LNG Project, Bioko Island, Punta Europa, Equatorial Guinea |url=http://www.hydrocarbons-technology.com/projects/bioko-lng/ | Other major projects at the end of the 2000s included the twinning of the [[Tacoma Narrows Bridge]] in [[Washington (state)|Washington]] state,<ref name=Carson07>{{cite news |title=At last, it's good to go |author=Rob Carson |url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2007/07/15/110260/at-last-its-good-to-go.html |work=[[The News Tribune]] |date=July 15, 2007 |access-date=September 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114720/http://www.thenewstribune.com/2007/07/15/110260/at-last-its-good-to-go.html |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Jamnagar Refinery]] expansion in [[India]],<ref name=GI08>{{cite news |title=Sohar Aluminium pours first hot metal |url=http://www.gulfindustryonline.com/news/6795_Sohar-Aluminium-pours-first-hot-metal.html |work=Gulf Industry Online |date=July 1, 2008 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> [[EG LNG|Equatorial GuineaLNG]],<ref name=HT>{{cite news |title=Equatorial Guinea LNG Project, Bioko Island, Punta Europa, Equatorial Guinea |url=http://www.hydrocarbons-technology.com/projects/bioko-lng/ | ||
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In 2016, Bechtel began construction on the first phase of the Edmonton Valley Line Light Rail Transit project in [[Alberta]], Canada, the first [[public–private partnership]] (P3) business group.<ref name=SloweyApril2016>{{cite news |title=Bechtel-led team kicks off construction on $1.8B Canadian P3 light rail |author=Kim Slowey |url=http://www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-team-kicks-off-construction-on-canadian-light-rail/418164/ |work=Construction Dive |date=April 27, 2016 |access-date=July 27, 2016}}</ref> The company is also involved in several ongoing projects as of 2016, including building national infrastructure in [[Gabon]]<ref name=Mavuso2016>{{cite news |title=Company strengthens ties with African country |author=Zandile Mavuso |url=http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/company-strengthens-ties-with-african-country-2016-07-15/rep_id:4136 |newspaper=Engineering News] |date=July 15, 2016|access-date=July 23, 2016}}</ref> and supporting the continuous development of [[Jubail]] industrial city in Saudi Arabia.<ref name=Slowey2016>{{cite news |title=Bechtel signs 5-year extension for world's largest industrial development project |last1=Slowey |first1=Kim |url=http://www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-signs-5-year-extension-for-worlds-largest-industrial-development-p/420461/ |newspaper=Construction Dive |date=June 7, 2016 |access-date=July 23, 2016}}</ref> Bechtel has worked at Jubail for more than 40 years, and was granted a five-year extension on both projects June 2016.<ref name="Rubin16">{{cite news |title=Bechtel gets five-year extension on Jubail project |last1=Rubin |first1=Debra K. |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/39601-bechtel-gets-five-year-extension-on-jubail-project |newspaper=Engineering News-Record |date=June 8, 2016 |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> | In 2016, Bechtel began construction on the first phase of the Edmonton Valley Line Light Rail Transit project in [[Alberta]], Canada, the first [[public–private partnership]] (P3) business group.<ref name=SloweyApril2016>{{cite news |title=Bechtel-led team kicks off construction on $1.8B Canadian P3 light rail |author=Kim Slowey |url=http://www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-team-kicks-off-construction-on-canadian-light-rail/418164/ |work=Construction Dive |date=April 27, 2016 |access-date=July 27, 2016}}</ref> The company is also involved in several ongoing projects as of 2016, including building national infrastructure in [[Gabon]]<ref name=Mavuso2016>{{cite news |title=Company strengthens ties with African country |author=Zandile Mavuso |url=http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/company-strengthens-ties-with-african-country-2016-07-15/rep_id:4136 |newspaper=Engineering News] |date=July 15, 2016|access-date=July 23, 2016}}</ref> and supporting the continuous development of [[Jubail]] industrial city in Saudi Arabia.<ref name=Slowey2016>{{cite news |title=Bechtel signs 5-year extension for world's largest industrial development project |last1=Slowey |first1=Kim |url=http://www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-signs-5-year-extension-for-worlds-largest-industrial-development-p/420461/ |newspaper=Construction Dive |date=June 7, 2016 |access-date=July 23, 2016}}</ref> Bechtel has worked at Jubail for more than 40 years, and was granted a five-year extension on both projects June 2016.<ref name="Rubin16">{{cite news |title=Bechtel gets five-year extension on Jubail project |last1=Rubin |first1=Debra K. |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/39601-bechtel-gets-five-year-extension-on-jubail-project |newspaper=Engineering News-Record |date=June 8, 2016 |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> | ||
In February 2017, Bechtel was chosen to support setting up and operating Saudi Arabia's National Project Management Office.<ref name="Reuters21Feb17">{{cite news |title=Bechtel wins contract to run Saudi project management office |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/saudi-projects-bechtel/bechtel-wins-contract-to-run-saudi-project-management-office-idUSL8N1G62AN |newspaper= | In February 2017, Bechtel was chosen to support setting up and operating Saudi Arabia's National Project Management Office.<ref name="Reuters21Feb17">{{cite news |title=Bechtel wins contract to run Saudi project management office |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/saudi-projects-bechtel/bechtel-wins-contract-to-run-saudi-project-management-office-idUSL8N1G62AN |newspaper=Reuters |date=February 21, 2017 |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> In May 2017, Bechtel was appointed the delivery management partner for the tunnels and stations excavation package of Stage 2 of the [[Sydney Metro]] project.<ref name="Rowell17">{{cite news |title=Bechtel joins the Sydney Metro project in new management role |last1=Rowell |first1=Catherine |url=http://www.constructionglobal.com/major-projects/bechtel-joins-sydney-metro-project-new-management-role |newspaper=Construction Global |date=May 6, 2017 |access-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref> Considered Australia's largest public infrastructure project, the work includes new twin rail tunnels under [[Sydney Harbour]].<ref name="Rowell17" /> Bechtel won the contract in August 2017 to design and build a 473-kilometer highway with 19 interchanges linking Nairobi, Kenya's capital, to Mombasa, Kenya's main port.<ref name="WorldHighways11Aug17">{{cite news |title=Kenyan key contract being built by Bechtel |url=http://www.worldhighways.com/categories/auctions-equipment-supply-servicing-finance/news/kenyan-key-contract-being-built-by-bechtel/ |newspaper=WorldHighways.com |date=August 11, 2017 |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Oirere17">{{cite news |title=Bechtel to construct Kenya's first expressway |last1=Oirere |first1=Shem |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/42609-bechtel-to-construct-kenyas-first-expressway?v=preview |newspaper=Engineering News-Record |date=August 18, 2017 |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Amadala17">{{cite news |title=Nairobi-Mombasa expressway work starts in January |last1=Amadala |first1=Victor |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/08/09/nairobi-mombasa-expressway-work-starts-in-january-kenha_c1612518 |newspaper=The Star |date=August 9, 2017 |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> The first section is targeted to open in October 2019<ref name="WorldHighways11Aug17" /><ref name="Oirere17" /><ref name="Amadala17" /> and the entire length of the highway is scheduled to be complete in 2024.<ref name="WorldHighways11Aug17" /><ref name="Oirere17" /><ref name="Amadala17" /> | ||
In 2018, Bechtel's work on the [[Panda Energy International|Panda Power Funds]]' 1.1 GW natural gas Hummel Station Power Plant in [[Pennsylvania]] was completed.<ref name="Power-Technology2018">{{cite news |title=Bechtel completes 1.1GW power plant in Pennsylvania, US |url=https://www.power-technology.com/news/bechtel-completes-1-1gw-power-plant-pennsylvania-us/ |work=Power Technology |date=July 19, 2018 |access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Scicchitano18">{{cite news |title=Panda powering-up Hummel Station plant |last1=Scicchitano |first1=Eric |url=http://www.dailyitem.com/news/local_news/panda-powering-up-hummel-station-plant/article_860ae2ee-5851-5e0d-a8b2-d8d37317a0a3.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Item (Sunbury)]] |date=March 29, 2018 |access-date=May 14, 2018}}</ref> Bechtel is also working on a project for Advanced Power, the Cricket Valley Energy Center in [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name=Quirke2015>{{cite news |title=Bechtel to deliver 1GW gas power station in New York State |author=Joe Quirke |url=http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/bechtel-deliver-1gw-gas-p8ow8er-station-new-york/ |work=Global Construction Review |date=October 15, 2015 |access-date=July 23, 2016}}</ref> Bechtel is also building the Keeyask Generating Station, a hydroelectric power plant for [[Manitoba Hydro]] in [[Manitoba]], Canada.<ref name=Harris2014>{{cite news |title=Manitoba Hydro selects consortium to construct 695-MW Keeyask hydropower plant |author=Michael Harris |url=http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/2014/03/manitoba-hydro-selects-consortium-to-construct-695-mw-keeyask-hydropower-plant.html |work=[[HydroWorld]] |date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=April 8, 2014}}</ref> The Infrastructure unit had also worked on projects for [[Google Fiber]] in several markets in the [[Southeastern United States|Southeastern U.S.]]<ref name=Hardiman2015>{{cite news |title=Google starts construction on Charlotte 'Fiber' network |author=Sam Hardiman |url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article25349662.html |date=June 23, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name=McGee2015>{{cite news |title=Google Fiber construction to begin in Nashville |author=Jamie McGee |url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/tech/2015/06/09/google-begin-fiber-construction/28724691/ |work=[[The Tennessean]] |date=June 9, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Moore2015>{{cite news |title=Google uses Bechtel to deploy fiber in Atlanta, Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham |author=Jeff Moore |url=http://www.fierceinstaller.com/story/google-uses-bechtel-deploy-fiber-atlanta-charlotte-and-raleigh-durham/2015-06-26 |work=Fierce Installer |date=June 26, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2015 |archive-date=July 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709105321/http://www.fierceinstaller.com/story/google-uses-bechtel-deploy-fiber-atlanta-charlotte-and-raleigh-durham/2015-06-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | In 2018, Bechtel's work on the [[Panda Energy International|Panda Power Funds]]' 1.1 GW natural gas Hummel Station Power Plant in [[Pennsylvania]] was completed.<ref name="Power-Technology2018">{{cite news |title=Bechtel completes 1.1GW power plant in Pennsylvania, US |url=https://www.power-technology.com/news/bechtel-completes-1-1gw-power-plant-pennsylvania-us/ |work=Power Technology |date=July 19, 2018 |access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Scicchitano18">{{cite news |title=Panda powering-up Hummel Station plant |last1=Scicchitano |first1=Eric |url=http://www.dailyitem.com/news/local_news/panda-powering-up-hummel-station-plant/article_860ae2ee-5851-5e0d-a8b2-d8d37317a0a3.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Item (Sunbury)]] |date=March 29, 2018 |access-date=May 14, 2018}}</ref> Bechtel is also working on a project for Advanced Power, the Cricket Valley Energy Center in [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name=Quirke2015>{{cite news |title=Bechtel to deliver 1GW gas power station in New York State |author=Joe Quirke |url=http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/bechtel-deliver-1gw-gas-p8ow8er-station-new-york/ |work=Global Construction Review |date=October 15, 2015 |access-date=July 23, 2016}}</ref> Bechtel is also building the Keeyask Generating Station, a hydroelectric power plant for [[Manitoba Hydro]] in [[Manitoba]], Canada.<ref name=Harris2014>{{cite news |title=Manitoba Hydro selects consortium to construct 695-MW Keeyask hydropower plant |author=Michael Harris |url=http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/2014/03/manitoba-hydro-selects-consortium-to-construct-695-mw-keeyask-hydropower-plant.html |work=[[HydroWorld]] |date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=April 8, 2014}}</ref> The Infrastructure unit had also worked on projects for [[Google Fiber]] in several markets in the [[Southeastern United States|Southeastern U.S.]]<ref name=Hardiman2015>{{cite news |title=Google starts construction on Charlotte 'Fiber' network |author=Sam Hardiman |url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article25349662.html |date=June 23, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name=McGee2015>{{cite news |title=Google Fiber construction to begin in Nashville |author=Jamie McGee |url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/tech/2015/06/09/google-begin-fiber-construction/28724691/ |work=[[The Tennessean]] |date=June 9, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Moore2015>{{cite news |title=Google uses Bechtel to deploy fiber in Atlanta, Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham |author=Jeff Moore |url=http://www.fierceinstaller.com/story/google-uses-bechtel-deploy-fiber-atlanta-charlotte-and-raleigh-durham/2015-06-26 |work=Fierce Installer |date=June 26, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2015 |archive-date=July 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709105321/http://www.fierceinstaller.com/story/google-uses-bechtel-deploy-fiber-atlanta-charlotte-and-raleigh-durham/2015-06-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
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=== Energy === | === Energy === | ||
The Energy unit designs and builds [[liquefied natural gas]] (LNG), [[oil]], [[Pipeline transport|pipeline]], [[petrochemicals]], [[natural gas]], and water treatment facilities.<ref name=bechtelreport2012>{{cite web | title=Annual Report | url=http://www.bechtel.com/2013-05-17.html | publisher=Bechtel | year=2012 | access-date=September 17, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906031842/http://www.bechtel.com/2013-05-17.html | archive-date=September 6, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=ArabianOilandGas2009>{{cite news |title=World's 10 largest oil and gas contractors |url=http://www.arabianoilandgas.com/article-5773-worlds-10-largest-oil-and-gas-contractors/1/print/ |work=[[Arabian Oil and Gas]] |date=June 29, 2009 |access-date=June 9, 2014 |archive-date=March 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317040032/http://www.arabianoilandgas.com/article-5773-worlds-10-largest-oil-and-gas-contractors/1/print |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Antidze2014>{{cite news |title=BP-led consortium awards $841 million contracts for Shah Deniz project |author=Margarita Antidze |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-azerbaijan-gas-contract-idUSBREA2I1SU20140319 |work= | The Energy unit designs and builds [[liquefied natural gas]] (LNG), [[oil]], [[Pipeline transport|pipeline]], [[petrochemicals]], [[natural gas]], and water treatment facilities.<ref name=bechtelreport2012>{{cite web | title=Annual Report | url=http://www.bechtel.com/2013-05-17.html | publisher=Bechtel | year=2012 | access-date=September 17, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906031842/http://www.bechtel.com/2013-05-17.html | archive-date=September 6, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=ArabianOilandGas2009>{{cite news |title=World's 10 largest oil and gas contractors |url=http://www.arabianoilandgas.com/article-5773-worlds-10-largest-oil-and-gas-contractors/1/print/ |work=[[Arabian Oil and Gas]] |date=June 29, 2009 |access-date=June 9, 2014 |archive-date=March 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317040032/http://www.arabianoilandgas.com/article-5773-worlds-10-largest-oil-and-gas-contractors/1/print |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Antidze2014>{{cite news |title=BP-led consortium awards $841 million contracts for Shah Deniz project |author=Margarita Antidze |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-azerbaijan-gas-contract-idUSBREA2I1SU20140319 |work=Reuters |date=March 19, 2014 |access-date=May 22, 2014 |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925101321/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/19/us-azerbaijan-gas-contract-idUSBREA2I1SU20140319 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Compelo2018">{{cite web |title=Los Pelambres Copper Mine |url=https://www.compelo.com/energy/projects/los-pelambres-copper-mine/ |work=Compelo.com |date=November 29, 2018 |access-date=February 13, 2019 |archive-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325195808/https://www.compelo.com/energy/projects/los-pelambres-copper-mine/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since the company's founding, it has built approximately {{convert|50000|miles}} of pipeline systems, more than 50 major oil and gas field developments, and completed over 380 major chemical and petrochemical projects.<ref name="bechtelreport2016" /> The unit also constructs and tests tanks for LNG storage.<ref name=CQNews2014>{{cite news |title=Workers take a raft around LNG tank filled with water |url=http://www.cqnews.com.au/news/workers-take-raft-around-lng-tank-filled-water/2224751/ |work=[[Central Queensland News]] |date=April 11, 2014 |access-date=May 22, 2014}}</ref> Bechtel has built a third of the world's LNG liquefaction capacity.<ref name=Price2015>{{cite news |title=More contracts ahead: Bechtel |author=Blair Price |url=http://www.energynewsbulletin.net/storyview.asp?storyID=826948758§ion=Liquified+Natural+Gas§ionsource=s588036&aspdsc=yes |work=Energy News Bulletin |date=May 7, 2015 |access-date=July 30, 2015}}</ref> | ||
Between 2011 and 2016, the unit built three LNG plants on [[Curtis Island National Park|Curtis Island]] in [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref name=Validakis2013>{{cite news |title=Bechtel hiring 500 workers for Curtis Island LNG |last1=Validakis |first1=Vicky |url=http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/bechtel-hiring-500-workers-for-curtis-island-lng |newspaper=[[Australian Mining]] |date=June 3, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name="AnnualReport17" /> It completed the first of six trains in December 2014.<ref name="AFR14">{{cite news |title=BG prepares first LNG shipment from QCLNG |url=http://www.afr.com/business/energy/gas/bgprepares-first-lng-shipment-from-qclng-20141229-12fdcn |newspaper=[[The Australian Financial Review]] |date=December 30, 2014 |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref><ref name=Chambers2016>{{cite news |title=APLNG on track but analysts warn on oil price |author=Matt Chambers |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/aplng-on-track-but-analysts-warn-on-oil-price/news-story/eac17b0a90ac285744d1e375de161dfe |work=[[The Australian]] |date=July 30, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> The complex was named a 2016 Global Best Project by ''[[Engineering News-Record]]'' in the category of "Power/Industrial"<ref name=Blair2016>{{cite news |title=ENR Announces 2016 Global Best Projects Winners |author=Scott Blair |url=http://www.enr.com/blogs/13-critical-path/post/39808-enr-announces-global-best-projects-winners |work=[[Engineering News-Record]] |date=July 6, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> and a Construction Project of the Year by S&P Global Platts.<ref name="Cooley17">{{cite news |title=Gladstone 'mega-project' named the world's best |last1=Cooley |first1=Declan |url=https://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/bechtel-cashes-in-on-curtis-island-mega-project/3128708/ |newspaper=[[The Observer (Gladstone)]] |date=January 5, 2017 |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> The unit also built the Wheatstone project, a [[LNG train|two-train LNG]] plant that is one of Australia's largest energy resource efforts.<ref name=Reddall2009>{{cite news |title=Bechtel to design Australia's Wheatstone 1st phase |last1=Reddall |first1=Braden |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/chevron-wheatstone-idUSN3037091920090730 |newspaper= | Between 2011 and 2016, the unit built three LNG plants on [[Curtis Island National Park|Curtis Island]] in [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref name=Validakis2013>{{cite news |title=Bechtel hiring 500 workers for Curtis Island LNG |last1=Validakis |first1=Vicky |url=http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/bechtel-hiring-500-workers-for-curtis-island-lng |newspaper=[[Australian Mining]] |date=June 3, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name="AnnualReport17" /> It completed the first of six trains in December 2014.<ref name="AFR14">{{cite news |title=BG prepares first LNG shipment from QCLNG |url=http://www.afr.com/business/energy/gas/bgprepares-first-lng-shipment-from-qclng-20141229-12fdcn |newspaper=[[The Australian Financial Review]] |date=December 30, 2014 |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref><ref name=Chambers2016>{{cite news |title=APLNG on track but analysts warn on oil price |author=Matt Chambers |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/aplng-on-track-but-analysts-warn-on-oil-price/news-story/eac17b0a90ac285744d1e375de161dfe |work=[[The Australian]] |date=July 30, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> The complex was named a 2016 Global Best Project by ''[[Engineering News-Record]]'' in the category of "Power/Industrial"<ref name=Blair2016>{{cite news |title=ENR Announces 2016 Global Best Projects Winners |author=Scott Blair |url=http://www.enr.com/blogs/13-critical-path/post/39808-enr-announces-global-best-projects-winners |work=[[Engineering News-Record]] |date=July 6, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> and a Construction Project of the Year by S&P Global Platts.<ref name="Cooley17">{{cite news |title=Gladstone 'mega-project' named the world's best |last1=Cooley |first1=Declan |url=https://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/bechtel-cashes-in-on-curtis-island-mega-project/3128708/ |newspaper=[[The Observer (Gladstone)]] |date=January 5, 2017 |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> The unit also built the Wheatstone project, a [[LNG train|two-train LNG]] plant that is one of Australia's largest energy resource efforts.<ref name=Reddall2009>{{cite news |title=Bechtel to design Australia's Wheatstone 1st phase |last1=Reddall |first1=Braden |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/chevron-wheatstone-idUSN3037091920090730 |newspaper=Reuters |date=July 30, 2009 |access-date=March 20, 2014 |archive-date=February 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219063610/https://www.reuters.com/article/chevron-wheatstone/update-1-bechtel-to-design-australias-wheatstone-1st-phase-idUSN3037091920090730 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Almeida2013>{{cite news |title=Dockwise Awarded Largest Contract Ever by Bechtel |last1=Almeida |first1=Rob |newspaper=[[gCaptain]] |date=December 24, 2013 }}</ref> Following completion of Train 1 in late 2017, Train 2 of the facility moved into production mid-2018.<ref name="Reuters2018">{{cite news |title=Chevron starts second production unit at Wheatstone LNG in Australia |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chevron-australia-lng/chevron-starts-second-production-unit-at-wheatstone-lng-in-australia-idUSKBN1JB0BG |work=Reuters |date=June 15, 2018 |access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref><ref name="LNGWheatstone18">{{cite web |url=https://www.lngworldnews.com/wheatstone-lngs-second-train-90-pct-done/ |title=Wheatstone LNG's second train 90 pct done |date=January 18, 2018 |publisher=LNG World News |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> | ||
Bechtel has built five LNG production trains for Cheniere Energy Partners LP as the Sabine Pass liquefaction project in [[Cameron Parish, Louisiana]].<ref name=LNGWorldNews2012>{{cite news |title=Cheniere, Bechtel Sign Sabine Pass Contract (USA) |url=http://www.lngworldnews.com/cheniere-bechtel-sign-sabine-pass-contract-usa/ |newspaper=[[LNG World News]] |date=December 21, 2012 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref> The initial cargo from the first completed train was delivered in 2016.<ref name=Rowlands2016>{{cite news |title=First LNG commissioning cargo exported from Sabine Pass |author=David Rowlands |url=http://www.lngindustry.com/liquefaction/26022016/First-LNG-commissioning-cargo-exported-from-Sabine-Pass-2052/ |work=LNG Industry |date=February 26, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref><ref name="OGJ10132017">{{cite news |title=Cheniere reaches near completion of Sabine Pass Train 4 |url=http://www.ogj.com/articles/2017/10/cheniere-reaches-near-completion-of-sabine-pass-train-4.html |newspaper=Oil&Gas Journal |date=October 13, 2017 |access-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref> In November 2018, the unit has completed the first of three LNG trains on the Corpus Christi Liquefaction project in Texas.<ref name="CompeloCorpusChristi">{{cite web |title=Corpus Christi LNG Project, Texas |url=https://www.compelo.com/energy/projects/corpus-christi-lng-project-texas/ |work=Compelo.com |date=December 12, 2018 |access-date=February 13, 2019 |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203143531/https://www.compelo.com/404.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]], project includes three LNG trains, three LNG storage tanks, and two berths.<ref name=Mason2013>{{cite news |title=Cheniere Energy, Bechtel Agree to Two Contracts Worth $9.5 Billion |last1=Mason |first1=Everdeen |url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303560204579247962332310326 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=December 9, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name=OReilly2016>{{cite news |title=Corpus Christi Liquefaction June 2016 construction report |author=Callum O'Reilly |url=http://www.lngindustry.com/liquefaction/26072016/Corpus-Christi-Liquefaction-June-2016-construction-report-2818/ |work=LNG Industry |date=July 26, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> In 2016, Bechtel completed roof raises on two tanks at a liquefaction plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, for Cheniere.<ref name="AnnualReport17" /> | Bechtel has built five LNG production trains for Cheniere Energy Partners LP as the Sabine Pass liquefaction project in [[Cameron Parish, Louisiana]].<ref name=LNGWorldNews2012>{{cite news |title=Cheniere, Bechtel Sign Sabine Pass Contract (USA) |url=http://www.lngworldnews.com/cheniere-bechtel-sign-sabine-pass-contract-usa/ |newspaper=[[LNG World News]] |date=December 21, 2012 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref> The initial cargo from the first completed train was delivered in 2016.<ref name=Rowlands2016>{{cite news |title=First LNG commissioning cargo exported from Sabine Pass |author=David Rowlands |url=http://www.lngindustry.com/liquefaction/26022016/First-LNG-commissioning-cargo-exported-from-Sabine-Pass-2052/ |work=LNG Industry |date=February 26, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref><ref name="OGJ10132017">{{cite news |title=Cheniere reaches near completion of Sabine Pass Train 4 |url=http://www.ogj.com/articles/2017/10/cheniere-reaches-near-completion-of-sabine-pass-train-4.html |newspaper=Oil&Gas Journal |date=October 13, 2017 |access-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref> In November 2018, the unit has completed the first of three LNG trains on the Corpus Christi Liquefaction project in Texas.<ref name="CompeloCorpusChristi">{{cite web |title=Corpus Christi LNG Project, Texas |url=https://www.compelo.com/energy/projects/corpus-christi-lng-project-texas/ |work=Compelo.com |date=December 12, 2018 |access-date=February 13, 2019 |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203143531/https://www.compelo.com/404.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]], project includes three LNG trains, three LNG storage tanks, and two berths.<ref name=Mason2013>{{cite news |title=Cheniere Energy, Bechtel Agree to Two Contracts Worth $9.5 Billion |last1=Mason |first1=Everdeen |url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303560204579247962332310326 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=December 9, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name=OReilly2016>{{cite news |title=Corpus Christi Liquefaction June 2016 construction report |author=Callum O'Reilly |url=http://www.lngindustry.com/liquefaction/26072016/Corpus-Christi-Liquefaction-June-2016-construction-report-2818/ |work=LNG Industry |date=July 26, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> In 2016, Bechtel completed roof raises on two tanks at a liquefaction plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, for Cheniere.<ref name="AnnualReport17" /> | ||
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The company was part of a consortium selected by PTT GC America in 2015 to provide front-end engineering and design for a new petrochemical complex in Belmont County, Ohio.<ref>{{cite news |title=Consortium With Global Footprint to Lead Ohio Cracker Engineering |author=Jamison Cocklin|url=http://www.naturalgasintel.com/articles/103603-consortium-with-global-footprint-to-lead-ohio-cracker-engineering |work=Natural Gas Intel |date=September 9, 2015 |access-date=September 15, 2015}}</ref> It is also the lead contractor for a [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]] petrochemical plant in [[Beaver County, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=Conti2016>{{cite news |title=Union leaders expect membership boost with Shell's Beaver County plant |author=David Conti |url=http://triblive.com/business/headlines/10816225-74/workers-shell-union |work=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]] |date=July 23, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> | The company was part of a consortium selected by PTT GC America in 2015 to provide front-end engineering and design for a new petrochemical complex in Belmont County, Ohio.<ref>{{cite news |title=Consortium With Global Footprint to Lead Ohio Cracker Engineering |author=Jamison Cocklin|url=http://www.naturalgasintel.com/articles/103603-consortium-with-global-footprint-to-lead-ohio-cracker-engineering |work=Natural Gas Intel |date=September 9, 2015 |access-date=September 15, 2015}}</ref> It is also the lead contractor for a [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]] petrochemical plant in [[Beaver County, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=Conti2016>{{cite news |title=Union leaders expect membership boost with Shell's Beaver County plant |author=David Conti |url=http://triblive.com/business/headlines/10816225-74/workers-shell-union |work=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]] |date=July 23, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> | ||
Bechtel's technology was licensed for facility upgrades at the Rijeka Refinery in [[Croatia]] in February 2014.<ref name=Stephan2014>{{cite news |title=Bechtel Supplies Coker Technology for Croatian Refinery |last1=Stephan |first=Dominik |url=http://www.process-worldwide.com/engineering_construction/plant_design/basic_detail_engineering/articles/439393/ |newspaper=[[Process Worldwide]] |date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=March 19, 2014}}</ref> In 2016, the unit was contracted by the [[Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation]] to design an upgrade to the [[coker unit]] at the Assiut refinery in [[Egypt]] using its ThruPlus technology.<ref name=Brelsford2016>{{cite news |title=Egyptian refiner lets contract for revamp project |author=Robert Brelsford |url=http://www.ogj.com/articles/2016/05/egyptian-refiner-lets-contract-for-revamp-project.html |work=[[Oil & Gas Journal]] |date=May 20, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> Also in 2016, it was awarded a contract to upgrade a refinery in [[Beaumont, Texas]], for [[ExxonMobil]], using ExxonMobil's [[Proprietary community|proprietary]] SCANfining technology.<ref name=Reuters2016>{{cite news |title=BRIEF-Bechtel to upgrade Texas refinery for ExxonMobil |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1AC18P |work= | Bechtel's technology was licensed for facility upgrades at the Rijeka Refinery in [[Croatia]] in February 2014.<ref name=Stephan2014>{{cite news |title=Bechtel Supplies Coker Technology for Croatian Refinery |last1=Stephan |first=Dominik |url=http://www.process-worldwide.com/engineering_construction/plant_design/basic_detail_engineering/articles/439393/ |newspaper=[[Process Worldwide]] |date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=March 19, 2014}}</ref> In 2016, the unit was contracted by the [[Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation]] to design an upgrade to the [[coker unit]] at the Assiut refinery in [[Egypt]] using its ThruPlus technology.<ref name=Brelsford2016>{{cite news |title=Egyptian refiner lets contract for revamp project |author=Robert Brelsford |url=http://www.ogj.com/articles/2016/05/egyptian-refiner-lets-contract-for-revamp-project.html |work=[[Oil & Gas Journal]] |date=May 20, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> Also in 2016, it was awarded a contract to upgrade a refinery in [[Beaumont, Texas]], for [[ExxonMobil]], using ExxonMobil's [[Proprietary community|proprietary]] SCANfining technology.<ref name=Reuters2016>{{cite news |title=BRIEF-Bechtel to upgrade Texas refinery for ExxonMobil |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1AC18P |work=Reuters |date=July 26, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> | ||
In late 2017, the unit was selected to design and build Tellurian's Driftwood LNG project, a proposed liquefied gas facility in Louisiana.<ref name="Advocate17">{{cite news |title=Tellurian issues $100 million worth of stock to pay for LNG facility's engineering costs |url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/business/article_4760347a-dc34-11e7-9164-7fd762c26546.html |newspaper=[[The Advocate (Louisiana)]] |date=December 8, 2017 |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> In January 2018, the unit was awarded a front-end engineering design contract for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's planned offshore ultra-sour gas mega project located in the north western area of Abu Dhabi.<ref name="MiddleEastEvents18">{{cite web |url=http://www.middleeastevents.com/news/page/feed-contracts-for-hail-gasha-and-dalma-ultra-sour-gas-offshore-project-awarded/30061#.WvtC3tMvzVp |title=FEED Contracts For Hail, Gasha And Dalma Ultra Sour Gas Offshore Project Awarded |date=January 9, 2018 |publisher=Middleeastevents.com |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref><ref name="ICIS18">{{cite web |url=https://www.icis.com/resources/news/2018/01/10/10181701/uae-bets-on-alternative-energy-local-gas-production/ |title=UAE bets on alternative energy, local gas production |author=Ekaterina Kravtsova |date=January 10, 2018 |publisher=ICIS |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref><ref name="OE18">{{cite web |url=http://www.oedigital.com/regions/middle-east/item/16847-bechtel-technipfmc-win-adnoc-sour-gas-contracts |title=Bechtel, TechnipFMC win ADNOC sour gas contracts |date=January 10, 2018 |publisher=Offshore Engineer |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> | In late 2017, the unit was selected to design and build Tellurian's Driftwood LNG project, a proposed liquefied gas facility in Louisiana.<ref name="Advocate17">{{cite news |title=Tellurian issues $100 million worth of stock to pay for LNG facility's engineering costs |url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/business/article_4760347a-dc34-11e7-9164-7fd762c26546.html |newspaper=[[The Advocate (Louisiana)]] |date=December 8, 2017 |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> In January 2018, the unit was awarded a front-end engineering design contract for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's planned offshore ultra-sour gas mega project located in the north western area of Abu Dhabi.<ref name="MiddleEastEvents18">{{cite web |url=http://www.middleeastevents.com/news/page/feed-contracts-for-hail-gasha-and-dalma-ultra-sour-gas-offshore-project-awarded/30061#.WvtC3tMvzVp |title=FEED Contracts For Hail, Gasha And Dalma Ultra Sour Gas Offshore Project Awarded |date=January 9, 2018 |publisher=Middleeastevents.com |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref><ref name="ICIS18">{{cite web |url=https://www.icis.com/resources/news/2018/01/10/10181701/uae-bets-on-alternative-energy-local-gas-production/ |title=UAE bets on alternative energy, local gas production |author=Ekaterina Kravtsova |date=January 10, 2018 |publisher=ICIS |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref><ref name="OE18">{{cite web |url=http://www.oedigital.com/regions/middle-east/item/16847-bechtel-technipfmc-win-adnoc-sour-gas-contracts |title=Bechtel, TechnipFMC win ADNOC sour gas contracts |date=January 10, 2018 |publisher=Offshore Engineer |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> | ||