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BASF and Sinopec signed MOU for INA facility in China BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) signed in Shenzhen, China, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to start the feasibility study of a new isononanol (INA) facility in Maoming, Guangdong Province, China. With this MOU, BASF and Sinopc intend to extend their actual cooperation […]

Definition Isononanol (INA) is the common name of Isononyl alcohol and is an isomer of the C9 family. Isononanol should formally be writen Iso-Nonanol Isononanol may also be called Oxo-alcohol Comments Isononanol appears as a clear, colorless, flammable liquid without visible impurities. Isononanol may be recognized by its specific odor but should be handled with care as […]

YPFB awards Samsung first ammonia and urea plant Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), Bolivia’s state-owned oil company, sent to Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd (Samsung) a notification of award (NOA) for a $843 million fertilizer plant. YPFB is planning to build this fertilizer facility in the city of Entre Rios, in the State of Cochabamba, in Bolivia as part […]

Shell, Nexus and Osaka to speed up Crux development Shell, Nexus Energy Ltd (Nexus) from Australia, and Osaka Gas Corp. Ltd (Osaka) have decided to merge their previous respective interests in Crux gas field into a newly created joint venture. Crux belongs to the offshore block AC/L9 of non-associated gas and is located by 170 meters deep […]

Definition Jacket refers in the oil and gas exploration and production to the steel frame supporting the deck and the topsides in a fixed offshore platform. Comments There are multiple types of offshore platforms depending on the applications and the depth of the water. Most of the platforms are used in the shallow waters of […]

Statoil awards on time Mariner and Bressay FEEDs Statoil awards Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contracts to develop the $9.6 billion capital expenditure Mariner and Bressay according to plan. Mariner and Bressay are very similar projects to produce ultra heavy crude oil,  offshore on the North Sea shallow water of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) but with different working interests. In Mariner:  – Statoil owns 61.5% […]

Saudi Aramco and Sabic gives momentum to GES+ Saudi Aramco initiated the concept of  General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) initiative in order to enhance the level of competence of the local engineering companies and contractors and to contribute to create more value within Saudi Arabia. Indirectly the General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) is to increase the […]

Definition Polyacetal is the common name for PolyOxyMethylene (POM). Polyacetal may also be called Polyformaldehyde as produced from formaldehyde. The Polyacetal is a polyether existing under two forms Homopolymer and Copolymer Comments Polyacetal was invented by Dupont de Nemours in 1953 Polyacetal is a high crystalline thermoplastic This high crystalline structure of the polyacetal provides […]

Ibn Sina to move ahead in high performance chemicals Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic) and its partners in Ibn Sina joint venture, Celanese Corp (Celanese) and Duke Energy Corp., have decided to reactivated the Polyacetal (POM) project in Al Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. Ibn Sina is the common name of the joint venture called […]

Total to acquire ShaMaran Taza oil field in Kurdistan The Canadian ShaMaran Petroleum Corp (ShaMaran) announced this week to have sold its interests to the French major Total  in the Taza oil field in Kurdistan. Last month Total had signed with the US Marathon Oil Company (Marathon) a Farm-in Agreement to acquire 35% of the working interests in the Harir and Safen Blocks in the Kurdistan region, northeast […]