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KNPC awarded PMC contract to Foster Wheeler On December 23rd, 2012, the state-owned oil refiner Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) selected Foster Wheeler for the project management consultancy (PMC) contract of the multi-billion Clean Fuels Project (CFP). In Kuwait, the CFP project, as well as the New Refinery Project (NRP) were left on hold nearly four years […]
SINOMACH and CPC to build first Cambodia refinery On December 28th 2012, China Perfect Machinery Industry Corp (SINOMACH) and Cambodia Petrochemical Corporation (CPC) made the final investment decision (FID) to build the first crude oil refinery in the Kampong Som Petrochemical Industrial Zone along the southern coast in Cambodia. This $2.3 billion capital expenditure this […]
M&G to invest $1 billion in PET and PTA plants in USA The Italian company Mossi & Ghisolfi Gruppo (M&G Group) made the final investment decision (FID) for to build a greenfield polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants in Corpus Christi in Texas, USA. M&G Group is a wholly owned family company with […]
Qatar to double petrochemicals production until 2020 On December 23rd 2012, Qatar established a new company, the Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company (MUNTAJAT) Q.J.S.C., to lead the strategic development of the country on the downstream sector. In creating this corporation, Qatar is targeting to more than double the chemical and petrochemical production from […]
Energising The Future The Barhain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) is a national oil company wholly owned by the Government of Bahrain. BAPCO is one of the oldest oil and gas company in the Gulf, established in Bahrain by the Standard Oil Company of California in 1929. First oil was discovered in 1932 and the first refinery was […]
Shell and Technip Samsung Consortium closed deal December 13th, 2012, Shell Gas & Power Developments B.V. (Shell) , Technip and Samsung Heavy Industries (Samsung) signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) to strengthen their cooperation in the floating liquefaction of natural gas (FLNG) facilities. Since 2009, Technip and Samsung cooperate together on the Shell Prelude FLNG project through their […]
UAE Key Projects and Business Highlights In the United Arab Emirates, 2012 is some kind of a transition year with the development of midstream projects in Fujairah and the bid preparation of large projects upstream and downstream. With the completion of Habshan – Fujairah export pipeline, Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (Adco) will […]
Saudi Arabia Key Projects and Business Highlights More than any other country, Saudi Arabia initiated in 2012 one of the most versatile program of investment for projects of the oil and gas and petrochemicals industry from offshore upstream to high performances chemicals. Following the discoveries in the Egyptian side of the Red Sea, Saudi Aramco […]