China
Back from Services to UK Re-Industrialisation The UK is the developed country where the contribution of the Industry to the GDP has reached the lowest level in falling below 12% in the mid-2000s years. Everything was about finance or services, and the production delocalization to China was perceived as a positive sign of value creation. […]
Germany to lead digitalisation with Industrie 4.0 Initiated in 2006, the German program Industrie 4.0 was the first structured initiative to be released by a developed country Government regarding the Future of Manufacturing. In 1989, the fall of the Berlin Wall was followed by series major political and economical decisions such as one East Deutsch […]
Industry Renaissance to relocate home the US industry USA branded their “Future of Manufacturing” program as “Industry Renaissance” in order to send a clear message that the time of the economy only based on services and happy few high technology champions is over. The transfer to China of the US manufacturing activities during a decade […]
India Key Projects and Business Highlights 2014 The Indian oil and gas sector is dominated at 70% by national oil companies (NOCs), the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and the Oil India Limited (OIL or Oil India) and completed by an active private sector well represented by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd […]
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 […]
Saudi Aramco to develop tight gas northwest fields The national oil company (NOC) Saudi Aramco is on the verge to develop the tight gas fields identified in the northwest of the Kingdom to supply the gas-fired power plant required for the giant Maaden Phosphate City project currently under construction. Since the USA revolutionized the gas […]
Rosneft invests $14.9 billion in Far East FEPCO project The Russian giant Rosneft, 69.50% owned by the State and 19.75% by the UK major BP, has confirmed to move forward on the Nakhodka integrated refinery and petrochemical complex close to Vladivostok in the south end of Russia Far East. Since 2010, Rosneft is working on developing […]
ONGC to add platforms offshore Daman in Arabian Sea The Indian national oil company (NOC) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is planning to add platforms on its Tapsi Daman Block to boost the gas and condensate production from the Arabia Sea on the West coast of India. India is the fourth largest energy consumer […]
