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IOC Paradip PP project received board approval The state-owned Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC) company received the board approval for the construction of greenfield world class polypropylene (PP) production unit at the Paradip Refinery and Petrochemical complex currently in construction on the east coast of India. India counts not less than 22 refineries out of […]

TransCanada Merrick Mainline Pipeline to feed Kitimat The super major company Chevron Corporation (Chevron) and the independent Apache Corporation (Apache) signed an agreement with the Calgary-based midstream company TransCanada Corporation (TransCanada) through its wholly-owned subsidiary Nova Gas Transmission Limited (NGTL) for the construction of the Merrick Mainline Pipeline project in the perspective to feed the […]

Sabic mulls over world largest Oil-To-Chemicals project The world largest ethylene producer, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) is mulling over the design and construction of the world ever largest Oil-To-Chemical (OTC) complex in Saudi Arabia. In the same way as Saudi Aramco invested heavily these last years on the downstream activities, Sabic is considering again massive […]

Aramco to select two consultants for broader MPP work The national oil company (NOC) Saudi Aramco will select two engineering companies to provide its offshore Maintain Potential Program (MPP) with project management consultancy (PMC) services for the next period starting on 2015. Saudi Aramco Maintain Potential Program is running for years with the mission to manage […]

Woodfibre goes for electrical LNG trains in Squamish The newly established Canadian company Woodfibre Natural Gas Ltd (Woodfibre) has made the decision to go for the electrical solution to drives the liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains of its Woodfibre LNG project planned at Squamish in British Columbia, Canada. Woodfibre LNG is one of these multiple export LNG terminal projects […]

AM Agrigen to invest $1.2 billion in Killona urea project  The newly established AM Agrigen Industries Limited Liabilities Company is running full speed to propose a greenfield nitrogen fertilizer plant project near St Charles Parish in Louisiana, USA. As part of all the national initiatives launched in USA to monetize the glut of natural gas […]

Maersk chose standalone concept to develop Culzean The Danish company Maersk Oil and Gas (Maersk) and its partners, JX Nippon Oil and Energy Corporation (JX Nippon) from Japan, Eni from Italy and BP from UK, have chosen the standalone concept to develop the challenging high temperature and high pressure offshore natural gas and condensate field […]

Adco selects Alsa for Rumaitha North CO2 Injection The national oil company Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) and the technology group Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) selected the local engineering company Alsa Engineering & Construction Corporation LLC (Alsa) to build a pilot project for carbon dioxide (CO2) injection in the Rumaitha […]

Tecnicas Reunidas won Jizan Gasification Offsites The national oil company (NOC) Saudi Aramco selected the Spanish-based engineering company Tecnicas Reunidas for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Offsites and Utilities package of the Jizan Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Power Plant project on the southwest coast of Saudi Arabia. The Jizan Gasification […]

Socar and BP award TANAP EPCM to WorleyParsons The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (Socar), and its partners, BP from UK, the Turkish State-owned company Boru Hatlari Ile Petrol Tasima Anonim Sirketi (Botas), awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) five years contract to the Australian-based engineering company WorleyParsons for the construction of the […]