March 2012

LyondellBasell’s technology selected for the Shenua Yulin CTL project

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The Chinese Shenua coal mining company selected the LyondellBasell’s Lupotech T process for its new Coal To Olefins (CTO) project planned in Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China.  With this technology Shenua intend to produce 300 000 t/y of Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) and Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA). Shenua is the biggest coal producer in China and one […]

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“IOC”

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Definition:  “IOC” is the acronym of International Oil Company and nominates the Oil & Gas companies which are privately owned and operate globally. Comment:  The most well-known “IOCs” are ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco, BP, Shell, Total, ConocoPhillips. They are also called the “Major Companies” or simply the “Majors” as they are the biggest petroleum companies in the

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GE Oil & Gas wins Subsea equipment for Julimar

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Apache has awarded GE Oil & Gas a $150-million contract for subsea equipment, including project management, engineering and procurement, for the Julimar development offshore Western Australia. The GE equipment for the Julimar includes subsea manifolds, well systems, and integrated subsea and topside control systems. Shipments will begin in June 2013 with installation starting in 4Q

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“NOC”

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Definition:  The “NOC” acronym means “National Oil Companies” and refers to the local oil producing companies owned by their respective government. Therefore there are nearly as many “NOCs” as countries in the world, but the most famous ones are: Saudi Aramco, Gazprom, Statoil, Petrochina, Sinopec, Petrobras, ADNOC, Qatar Petroleum, etc…. Comment:  Historically the “NOCs” used

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Grass-roots

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Definition:  The wording “Grass-roots” refers to a new plant to be built up from scratch. It has no connection with the process to be used. Comment:  “Green field’ is the most common synonym of “Grass-roots”, both oppose to “Brown field” which is used for existing facilities. For more information and data about oil and gas

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Formosa Plastics Olefins Project in Point Comfort, Texas, USA

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Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. announced to invest more than $1.7 billion at its Point Comfort, Texas site, USA, in new Olefins and Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) facility. This will be the third major expansion at the Point Comfort site and will consist of a: New, grass-roots 800,000 MT/Y olefins cracker Associated 600,000 MT/Y propane dehydrogenation

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