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Stewart LNG to combine floating and onshore facilities The Canada Stewart Energy Group Ltd ( Stewart Energy) is planning to combine floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) production unit with conventional onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in order to boost the export of natural gas from British Columbia (BC) in western Canada to China. Registered […]

Sasol HDPE relocated from Lake Charles to LaPorte The Swiss-based Ineos Group AG (Ineos) and the South African petrochemical company Sasol Ltd (Sasol) made the final investment decision (FID) in their joint venture to build a greenfield bimodal high density polyethylene (HDPE) in LaPorte,Texas USA. On early 2013, Sasol had confirmed its intention to move forward […]

Total to focus on Caspian Sea Absheron gas field The French major Total and its partners, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and the other French oil and gas company GDF-Suez, are finalizing the conceptual design to develop the Absheron offshore gas field in the Azerbaijan Caspian Sea. This decision on the design to […]

Saudi Aramco at FEED for three shale gas projects Saudi Aramco is preparing to award front end engineering and design (FEED) contracts to develop shale gas reserves as pilot projects in three different basins of Saudi Arabia. Despite all the challenges to implement the hydraulic fracturing techniques in Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom is keen to […]

BFCL plans world-scale methanol and fertilizer plants The Lagos-based Brass Fertilizer Company Limited (BFCL or Brass Fertilizer) is planning to build world-scale gas treatment plant supported by methanol and nitrogen fertilizer facilities on the Brass Island in the State of Bayelsa in Nigeria. With the natural gas prices depressed as a consequence of the US […]

BG and CB&I review all options for Jackdaw design Based in Reading, east of London, the BG Group Ltd (BG) and its partners, Maersk from Denmark, GDF-Suez from France, OMV from Austria, ConocoPhillips from USA and JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration (JX Nippon) from Japan, are currently reviewing all the options with the support […]

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 […]