HQC Opens US Office

China Huanqiu Contracting and Engineering Corporation (HQC), a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and one of the largest engineering companies in China, celebrated the opening of its USA branch HQC USA LLC on Wednesday in Houston.

According to its president Xu Ling, in one year, HQC USA has already contracted roughly $50 million in services to provide front-end engineering and design for a $1 billion methanol manufacturing complex for Yuhuan Chemical in Louisiana and a Texas clean energy project in Odessa.

HQC USA also signed a cooperation agreement with Houston-based DKRW Energy LLC yesterday based on their preliminary negotiations.

DKRW’s managing director Robert Kelly, who signed the agreement, said: “We choose to work with HQC because of their large scale and expertise in many of the areas that we are now working in. We have discussed cooperation in coal, LNG and chemicals.”

( Chinadaily Edited by Topco)