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BASF and Yara at work on Freeport Ammonia Project The German-based chemical leader BASF and the Norwegian nitrogen fertilizers producer Yara International (Yara) have signed an agreement to build a world-scale ammonia plant on the US Gulf Coast. With the largest agriculture in the world, USA is the most strategic market for fertilizers. Anyway the […]

Shell takes majority share in LNG Canada Development The Royal Dutch Shell (Shell), and its partners, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina), Koreas gas Corporation (Kogas) and Mitsubishi Corporation (Mitsubishi) from Japan established a joint venture to design, built and operate the LNG Canada project to produce and export liquefied natural gas (LNG) out […]

Tecnicas Reunidas completed FEED for Jubail MMA The Spanish engineering company Tecnicas Reunidas completed the front end engineering and design (FEED) of the world largest methyl methacrylate (MMA) production unit planned by Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) and Mitsubishi Rayon Company (MRC) at the Al-Jubail Industrial City in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. This […]

Petrobras to retender P-72 – P-73 FPSOs new design The Brazil national oil company (NOC) Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) is preparing the second call for tender for the integration of the floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels P-72 and P-73 with a new design resulting from the relocation of these replica FPSOs within the […]

Oregon LNG: Next project in line for FERC approval The Ukraine crisis may benefit to the series of Export liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal projects in the USA in beginning with Oregon LNG supported by Leucadia National Company (Leucadia) on the west coast of USA. Even though the Oregon LNG project is located on the Pacific Coast with […]

US Shintech in view of Plaquemine PVC expansion Shintech Inc. (Shintech), the US subsidiary of the Japanese Group Shin-Etsu Chemical Corporation Ltd (Shin-Etsu), submitted an application for air permit to Louisiana Department of Environment Quality to build a greenfield ethylene plant in perspective of future expansion at the existing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) facilities at Plaquemine […]

Hess and Petronas to start North Malay Basin Phase-2 The New York– based Hess Coporation (Hess) and the Malaysia national oil company (NOC) Petronas are reaching the final investment decision (FID) stage with the Bergading project to develop the natural gas and condensate in the North Malay Basin offshore the Malaysia Peninsula. As part of […]

TPAO selected KBR for Mansuriya Gas and NGL plant The Houston-based engineering company KBR is currently completing the front end engineering and design (FEED) for the gas treatment facilities to be built at the Mansuriya gas field in the Diyala region of East Iraq by a joint venture led by Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), through its […]

Eni at pre-qualification for first Mozambique FLNG The Italian national oil company (NOC) Eni is currently proceeding to the pre-qualification of the engineering companies and shipyards to be invited to bid (ITB) for the front end engineering and design (FEED) of the first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessel to be moored in the Area-4 […]

BP to consider Clair Phase-3 as stand alone project The UK super major BP and its partners, Royal Dutch Shell (Shell), ConocoPhillips and Chevron, are getting now a better picture of the giant Clair reservoir to the point to prepare Greater Clair as the third phase of development in the West Shetland waters of the […]