Canada
Spectra to expand Algonquin and Maritimes Pipelines The midstream company Spectra Energy Corporation (Spectra) is planning to expand up northeast USA the Algonquin Gas Transmission (Algonquin) system and Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline (Maritimes) with the Atlantic Bridge Project in order to pipe the shale gas from the giant Marcellus and Utica basins into New England […]
Thailand Key Projects and Business Highlights In Thailand the oil and gas and petrochemical activity is driven by the national oil company (NOC) PTT Public Company Limited (PTT) and its more know subsidiary PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Ltd (PTTEP) with the support of foreign majors such as Chevron or Mitsui Oil Exploration Company (Mitsui or MOECO) and independent […]
Cronus to produce ammonia – urea in Tuscola – Illinois The Chicago-registered company Cronus Chemicals LLC (Cronus) has selected Tuscola in the State of Illinois to build a greenfield nitrogen fertilizer plant to produce ammonia and urea in USA. USA is the third largest consuming country of fertilizer in the world after China and India as […]
Waste Management to monetize waste biogas into GTL Ventech Engineering International LLC (Ventech), Velocys plc (Velocys), Waste Management Inc. (Waste Management) and NRG Energy Inc. (NRG) formed a joint venture to develop and promote gas-to-liquids (GTL) small-scale production units to monetize biogas and natural gas. These four companies are bringing together their respective expertise to take the […]
Tullow and Africa Oil prepare Lokichar Development The independent company Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) from UK and the Vancouver-based Africa Oil Corporation (Africa Oil) have accumulated sufficient reserves over the last two years to reach the threshold to develop the Blocks 10BB and 10A of the South Lokichar Basin in the north of Kenya in […]
Woodside signed agreement on Grassy Point LNG The Australian company Woodside Petroleum (Woodside) and the Government of British Columbia (BC) signed an agreement to open a greenfield liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at Grassy Point along the west coast of Canada. This Grassy Point project comes at the end of a list of more than […]
PetroChina to unlock Athabasca oil sand reserves The Canadian specialist TransCanada and China Petroleum National Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) subsidiary Phoenix Energy Holdings (Phoenix) are preparing the execution of the Grand Rapids Pipeline Project to unlock the underdeveloped oil sands reserves lying in Athabasca northeastern Alberta, Canada. With this Grand Rapids Pipeline Project, TransCanada and PetroChina intend […]
Maire Tecnimont achieves FEED work on Al-Sejeel After awarding Al-Sejeel front end engineering and design (FEED) work to Maire Tecnimont, the national companies Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) are aligning the engineering companies willing to bid for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Al-Sejeel petrochemical project in Ras Laffan […]
