U.S. Sees $16 Billion in Grassroot Project Completions for January-May 2016

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Led by the Power Industry, including a 1,358-megawatt power station in Virginia, the U.S. saw the completion of nearly $16 billion in grassroot projects from January through May, according to Industrial Info's database. Other high-dollar completions for the first five months of this year included a data center in Texas and gas processing facility in Alaska.

Click image at right for a graph detailing January-May 2016 U.S. project completions by industry.

Power-related projects led the pack with $5.6 billion in planned completions. Dominion Resources Incorporated's (NYSE:D) (Richmond, Virginia) $1.3 billion Brunswick County Energy Center in Lawrenceville, Virginia, was completed in May. The 1,358-MW, natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant has three Mitsubishi MHI501GAC model combustion turbines and a Mitsubishi TC4F steam turbine. Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) (Irving, Texas) was the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning services provider. For more information on the project, see Industrial Info's project report.

Industrial Manufacturing completions came in second, with projects totaling $3.1 billion. T5 Data Centers' (Atlanta, Georgia) $500 million data center in Plano, Texas, was completed in March. Fortis Construction Incorporated (Portland, Oregon) served as the general contractor for the 315,000 square-foot facility. For more information on the project, see Industrial Info's project report.

Oil & Gas Production completions followed with more than $2.7 billion in projects. Exxon Mobil Corporation's (ExxonMobil) (NYSE:XMO) (Irving, Texas) $1.3 billion Point Thomson Gas Processing plant in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, was set for estimated completion in April. It includes the drilling of five wells as well as access roads, a camp, air strip, a service pier, a gravel mine and a 22-mile condensate transmission pipeline with a capacity of 70,000 barrels per day (BBL/d), along with a gas condensate production and gas recycling plant to produce 10,000 BBL/day of liquid condensates. For more information on the project, see Industrial Info's project report.

The remaining seven highest-value U.S. projects that were set for completion for the first five months of 2016 are:

• $997 million: SolarReserve LLC's Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project in Tonopah, Nevada
  For more information on the project, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $825 million: The Panda Group's Moxie Liberty Generation Power Plant in Towanda, Pennsylvania
  For more information on the project, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $496 million: NextEra Energy Incorporated's Golden West Windfarm in Calhan, Colorado
  For more information on the project, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $450 million: Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative Incorporated's Alpine Peaking Station in Gaylord, Michigan
  For more information on the project, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $413 million: Kumho Tires Company Incorporated's Macon Tire Plant in Georgia
  For more information on the project, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $320 million: ONEOK Incorporated's Lonesome Creek Gas Processing Plant in Watford City, North Dakota
  For more information on the project, see Industrial Info's project report.
• $280 million: Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company's 147-MW Adams County Windfarm in Corning, Iowa.
  For more information on this project, see Industrial Info's project report.

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