capital expenditure
Saudi Aramco extends Jacobs’s FEED on $3 billion Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuel and Aromatics project In May 2011 Saudi Aramco awarded the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) to Jacobs ZATE for the Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuel and Aromatics project. Located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, along the Arabian Gulf, Ras […]
Skrugard and Havis confirm Barents Sea potential Statoil and its partners ENI from Italy and Petoro AS (Petoro), the Norway State-owned company, discovered in Skrugard and Havis reserves going far beyond their expectations. Under the license PL 532, Statoil and its partner share working interests in Skrugard and Havis as following: – Statoil 50% and […]
Definition Petoro AS is a Norway State wholly-owned company in charge of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) oil and gas assets management Comments Petoro AS (Petoro) is the licensee of the Norwegian State’s Direct Financial Interests (SDFI) representing the assets of the NCS, while Norway as a State is the owner of these assets. Petoro […]
Shell signed with Horsehead for Pennsylvania site In March 2012, Shell signed with Horsehead Corp (Horsehead) a land option agreement on a 300 acre site for its $2.5 billion ethane cracker and petrochemical complex. This Appalachia ethane cracker project is a key milestone in Shell’s strategy to develop an upstream–downstream integrated business model to benefit from […]
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 […]
