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Water processing facility for Iraq’s large West Qurna oil field improves treatment and reuse of produced water during oil drilling to avoid untreated release and enhance oil recovery, says team. Key challenges included the harsh desert climate, as well as unexploded ordnance and toxic gases in former war zone.

Broadened regional equity and sustainability measures now are key in executing billions in work ahead, officials tell recent ENR infrastructure forum. 

Bechtel-built multi-billion-dollar facility successfully poured its first molten glass in runup to planned waste treatment process set for 2025.

Final rule will prevent an estimated 58 million tons of methane emissions between 2024 and 2038, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says at COP28 event.

Enbridge Energy hopes to begin construction of a replacement tunnel for its oil and gas pipeline in 2026. 

Fluor said it will gain $3B in design and construction work on the ethylene and derivatives complex planned in Alberta, with major building to start next year.

RFQ will be out in January for contractor to build estimated $800M project in British Columbia, with construction to start in mid-year and finish by 2028.

CEO also is bullish on its small nuclear reactor unit despite a just-canceled key US project due to higher projected power cost.

Firm execs cited “extensive lead times across critical components” in late 2027 start of Zachry-built scaled-up project in Texas Permian energy region, In mid-November earnings call.

Officials have increased the maximum strike price for future projects following September auction that had no lease site bidders.