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Definition Phosphorus, in the form of phosphate (a salt of phosphoric acid) is mined from naturally occurring mineral deposits (phosphate rock) that were once sediments at the bottom of ancient seas. Comments Rock phosphate is the raw material used in the manufacture of most commercial phosphate fertilizers. Ground rock phosphate was ounce applied directly to acid soils. Phosphate rock processing consists in the separation […]

Ma’aden awards FEED and reconsiders PMC contracts Although the PMC contract for the Ma’aden Phosphate city project was intended to be awarded together with the FEED contract to Jacobs, Ma’aden has decided finaly to separate both contracts. Ma’aden Phosphate Company (MPC) is a joint venture with SABIC in which the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) owns 70% and SABIC 30%. The Al Khabra Project, […]

Koch Fertilizer tagets 15% expansion Wichita, Kansas. – Koch Fertilizer has retained Black & Veatch to help developing numerous projects to increase its North American production. Koch Fertilizer is targeting to boost production by more than 2 million t/y an expansion of 15% from its present capacity of 13 million t/y through production enhancements and new […]

Definition Fertilizer is any natural or manufactured plant nutrient that contains at least 5% of one or more of the three primary nutrients – nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), or potassium (K) Industrially manufactured fertilizers are sometimes referred to as mineral fertilizers. Comments There are several sources of fertilizers. The two most important are organic manure […]

Indian polyester leader Polyplex selects Turkey for expansion  Polyplex Corp. of India,  is the fourth largest producer of polyester film in the world. Polyplex and the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT) have jointly announced the decision for Polyplex to select Turkey to support its global expansion in to produce polyethylene terephthalate (PET). […]

Toyo Engineering and SOG Oleo e Gas signed a MOU On May, 2012, Toyo Engineering Corporation (Toyo) and SOG – Óleo e Gás S.A. (SOG), a leading engineering company in Brazil, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create the new Brazilian joint venture company TS Participações e Investimentos S.A.. The signature ceremony was officially […]

Definition The Topsides are the surface installations allowing the drilling and/or production and/or processing of offshore hydrocarbons. Comments Normally used as a plural the Topsides comes from the ship building industry to designate all the portion of the ship coming on the top of the hull or above the waterline. Then it applies on the […]

Statoil validated concept for $4 billion Dagny and Eirin oil and gas fields development       Partners and actual interests in Dagny are split between:  – Statoil 58.5%  – ExxonMobil 33%  – Total 6.5%  – Det norske oljeselskap 2%. The final distribution of ownership interests will be subject to negotiations in the period leading up to […]

$20 billion Petronas RAPID project calls for partners The proposed Petronas Refinery & Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) complex in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia, is so far the largest liquid-based greenfield downstream undertaken in Malaysia. It will have a 300,000 barrels per day refinery to supply the petrochemical complex, to produce a host of refined petroleum products, including gasoline […]

Definition Polyethylene (PE) is a thermoplastic polymer consisting of long hydrocarbon chains. A molecule of polyethylene is nothing more than a long chain of carbon atoms, with two hydrogen atoms attached to each carbon atom. Polyethylene is produced from the polymerization of ethylene as monomer. Polyethylene may have different grade of density with different melting point temperatures […]