August 2012

PCIC Middle East drafted Technical Program for Abu Dhabi

PCIC Middle East Conference to take place with ADIPEC on Nov 12th & 13th 2012 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) organizes its 15th edition on November 11th to 14th 2012 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) in UAE. With more than 1,500 exhibitions and 45,000 attendees, ADIPEC is the largest exhibition in […]

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“CPF”

Definition CPF is the acronym of Central Processing Facility. Comments In the industry CPF may refers to any kind of manufacturing process as soon as it belongs to the core of the transformation of the facility. In the Oil and Gas industry, CPF belongs to the upstream activity to described the production unit performing the

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CPECC in the lead of Gazprom Badra pipelines package

Badra Export pipeline and Infield pipeline awarded soon Gazprom continues to award engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for the different packages of its $2 billion Badra development project. Badra oil field is located in the Wasit Province at the Southeast of Iraq. Badra is part of these giant fields that the Iraq Government intends to develop to increase

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“BOT”

Definition BOT is the acronym of Build-Own-Transfer or Build-Operate-Transfer. BOT is a business term which defines a specific three stages contract for greenfield projects. Comments Usually an end user willing to build a new plant from greenfield goes along the investment decision process until the final investment decision (FID). Assuming that the project is profitable and

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Saudi Aramco Shoaiba Terminal to be tendered Lump Sum

$600 million Storage facility on Red Sea coast With the Shoaiba storage facility, Saudi Aramco expects to facilitate the distribution of the transportation fuels and petrochemical bulk across the different regions of its local market in Saudi Arabia. These transportation fuels and petrochemical bulk include mainly Gasoline, Diesel, and Benzene with a rather unbalanced consumption between Central,

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Taiwan to invest $3.3 billion to upgrade Petrochemical Industry

Taipei spots Petrochemicals as a strategic sector December 2011 – In an effort to maximize the economic value of petrochemical materials and minimize carbon emission, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) of Tawain set up the  High Value Petrochemical Industry Promotion Office (PIPO) with the missions to:  – Establish R&D centers  – Form information platform for the strategic alliances,

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“FID”

Definition FID is in the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical industry the acronym of Final Investment Decision. Comments FID must not be confused with FEED which is another acronym commonly used also in the  Oil & Gas and Petrochemical industry and stands for Front End Engineering and Design. Anyway both are in close connection since the FEED prepares the

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Methanex selected Jacobs to relocate Chile Methanol plant in Louisiana

Methanex to invest $550 million to benefit from low shale gas prices Methanex produces about 3.8 million t/y of Methanol and is the world’s largest supplier of Methanol to major international markets with production units in Canada, Chile, Egypt, New Zealand and Trinidad.   Methanol is produces mainly out of natural gas, therefore the access to reliable and

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