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Definition Nitrogen Fertilizer refers to one of the most common categories of fertilizers produced out of nitrogen (N) chemical combinations. To be considered as an organic fertilizer, the plant nutrient must contain 5% minimum of nitrogen. Comments Nitrogen is an inert gas representing 78% of the earth atmosphere. As inert gas in the form we breath […]
Shale gas boosts OCI into Iowa biggest investment ever The Iowa Fertilizer Company (IFC) a subsidiary of the Egyptian company Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) made the final investment decision (FID) to build a world-scale fertilizer plant in Iowa, USA. OCI selected the location near Wever, in the Lee County, southeastern Iowa, to develop its greenfield […]
Hess awarded FEED for Semi-submersible on WA-390-P Block Established in New Jersey, the American Hess Corporation (Hess) is based in New York City, USA. Since 2007, Hess holds the 100% working interest of the WA-390-P Block offshore Western Australia to develop the Equus project. Equus is part of the $6.8 billion Hess’s capital expenditure budget […]
Geitungen rises Johan Sverdrup beyond Statoil’s expectations on Utsira High While Statoil and its partners, Maersk, Petoro, Det norske oljeselskap and Lundin, are running intensive discussions to develop the giant Johan Sverdrup fields, the Geitungen discovery confirms all the potential of the still unexplored Utsira High areas within the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Located 140 kilometers west […]
Zadco to extend Zirku oil processing and gas treatment The Abu Dhabi company Zakum Development Company Oil Company (Zadco) is a joint venture between the national oil company (NOC) Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the international oil companies (IOCs) ExxonMobil and the Japan Oil Development Company (JODCO). Zadco was created in 1977 to […]
Larsen & Toubro wins Oman PDO Saih Rawl phase 2 >On August 27th 2012, Petroleum Development Oman LLC (PDO) awarded to Larsen & Toubro from India the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Saih Rawl Depletion Compression Phase 2 (SRDC2) project. Nine engineering companies were in competition to win this order of $235 […]
BASF and Braskem in partnership for Acrylic Acid plant In May 2011, the German chemical company BASF announced its biggest investment ever in South America with $500 million capital expenditure. BASF is planning to build a world scale chemical complex in Camaçari, in the Bahia Province, Brazil. BASF and Braskem SA (Braskem) signed a strategic […]
Williams to value oil sands Propane to export Propylene Williams Energy ( Williams) is planning to expand its existing facility located at Redwater, near Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, to produce polymer-grade propylene. In Canada, Williams developed a unique expertise to capture and convert all the off-gas by-products of the oil sands production in the upgraders […]
