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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 […]

Enterprise selects Mont Belvieu for its ethane terminal The natural gas liquids (NGL) midstream US specialist Enterprise Products Partners LP (Enterprise or EPP)  has decided to build a giant ethane export terminal in its hub of Mont Belvieu, on the Texas Gulf Coast in USA. These last months, Enterprise multiplied the projects announcements of greenfield projects […]

Statoil at the drawing board to save costs on Bressay The Norwegian State-owned company Statoil and its partner, the Royal Dutch Shell (Shell), are considering all options in order to reduce costs for the development of the heavy crude oil offshore project, Bressay, in the UK North Sea. In November 2013, while Statoil and Shell were expected […]

PCIC Europe Conference Technical Program published The 11th conference of the Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee (PCIC) Europe will take place in Amsterdam on June 3rd to 5th 2014. Dedicated to the automation and electrical engineers of the oil and gas and petrochemical industry, the PCIC Europe Conference imposed itself as the must attend event […]

BP considers to invest $1 billion in Duqm Acetic Acid  The UK-based international oil company BP is considering to build a greenfield acetic acid plant at Duqm in the south of Oman using newly developed SaaBre technology. For years BP is well known to have concentrated its capital expenditure and technical expertise on the upstream sector […]