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Definition: “Lube Oil” is a lubricant, to be used in all mechanical system to reduce friction between moving parts. Produced out of crude oil, this Lube oil is also called Mineral oil. Comments: The word Lubricant is mostly used to speak about the products, while Lube oil is normally referring to the process such as Lube […]

Luberef stands for the Saudi Aramco Lubricating Oil Refining Company created by Saudi Aramco and ExxonMobil. But since 2007, Luberef is a 70/30 joined venture between Saudi Aramco and Jadwa Investment to operate lube oil refineries in Yanbu and Jeddah. With Jeddah and Yanbu refineries, the total Luberef actual capacity runs around 550,000 t/y lubricants, […]

Sabic takes a decisive leap in breaking-ground for this $100 million capital expenditures in Technology Center in Kangqiao, close to Pudong Airport, east of Shanghai. This Technology Center will use 60,000 sqm in a brand new building to host 400 employees, including 200 scientists and engineers working in Research & Development. The purpose of this […]

Definition: “Polycarbonate” name comes from a polymer based on combination of carbonate groups (–O–(C=O)–O–).  Comments: Polycarbonate is issued from the Aromatics family as produced out of Bisphenol A. Most of the polycarbonates are derived from rigid monomers. A balance of useful features including temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates. The polycarbonates are between commodity plastics and […]

Definition: “PTA” is the acronym of Purified Terephthalic Acid. Comment: Modern technologies produce PTA by the catalytic liquid-phase oxidation of Para-Xylene (PX) in acetic acid, which is done in the presence of air and uses manganese or cobalt acetate as a catalyst. PTA is purified in a crystallizer, where unreacted xylene and water are flashed off. […]

Sinopec and Sabic have decided to extend their co-operation with this major Polycarbonate complex to be built in the Tianjin Binhai New Area, China In October 2009, Sinopec and Sabic had created a 50/50 shared joined venture, called Sinopec SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical Company (SSTPC), for a 1 million t/y Ethylene cracker which went into production in January 2010. […]

Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company (QPIC) was established by the Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) to implement the Kuwait Petroleum Company’s (KPC) strategy to encourage more the private sector in major petrochemical projects in Kuwait. and in the region. QPIC is focusing on chemical and petrochemical products and related by-products. In Saudi Arabia, QPIC would lead the development of the integrated polyethylene […]

Definition:“PET” is the acronym of Poly-Ethylene Terephthalate, oftently written Polyethylene Terephthalate. It is a thermoplastic polymer resin from the Polyester family. Comments: The term polyethylene terephthalate is a source of confusion because this substance, PET, does not contain polyethylene PET is a high performance, recyclable, polymer, ranking third in terms of volume of global consumption and widely used in textile and […]

When the Saudi Authorities allocated to the Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) and Malaysia’s MMC Corporation the mission to design and develop the $27 billion Jizan Economic City (JEC), Saudi Arabia This refinery was supposed to be the first building block to create wealth and employment in the South region of the Kingdom. In addition the Saudi Authorities expectation […]

The Abu Dhabi Oil Refinery Company (Takreer) is now confident in the decision the come soon for the Ruwais refinery expansion in UAE. This refinery would have a capacity of 400,000 b/d Capital expenditure is estimated around $10 billion Takreer will build the new refinery to operate alongside the existing 417,000-b/d facility. The new facility should use UOP […]