By Nam Kwang-sik SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) said Friday that it has signed a 153 billion-won (US$136.7 million) deal to build two crude oil carriers. The deal signed with Angola s state-run oil company Sonangol calls for Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., a unit of KSOE, to deliver two 158,000-ton crude oil carriers from the first half of 2023, KSOE said. KSOE has three shipbuilding units Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. and Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. ksnam@yna.co.kr
By Nam Kwang-sik SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., South Korea s top power equipment maker, said Monday that it has signed a deal with Korea Western Power Co. to build a hydropower plant in Laos. Doosan Heavy Industries will complete the construction of the 728-megawatt hydropower plant in the middle Mekong river in Laos by 2029, the company said. Doosan Heavy will provide key equipment and build the plant under a US$2.4 billion EPC system, which stands for engineering, procurement and construction. The power plant builder will use the plant project as a chance to make a foray into the overseas market of key equipment for hydropower plants, it said.