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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 […]
Sasol to prioritize US GTL on Canada GTL project In a press conference in Louisiana, Sasol’s chief executive officer, David Constable, confirmed the decision of the board to move on the front end engineering and design (FEED) stage of the first Gas-To-Liquids (GTL) project to be built in USA. To be located in its site […]
Shell to boost Pulau Bukom ethylene cracker by 20% On November 2012, Shell made the final investment decision (FID) for the debottlenecking of its petrochemical complex in Pulau Bukom, in Bukom Island, Singapore. Identified as Shell Eastern Petrochemical Complex (SEPC) project, Shell started up this petrochemical complex in March 2010. Because of the increasing demand in South East Asia, Shell is […]
After Occidental, Mexichem signed with Pemex In August 2012, Mexichem SAB (Mexichem) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Occidental Petroleum Corp. (Oxy) through its chemical branch Oxychem to build a new ethylene cracker for the supply of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM). Vinyl Chloride Monomer is the primary feedstock for the production of the numerous […]
Total to convert Antwerp naphtha cracker to ethane Total announced during investor day, that he will spend $1.5 billion capital expenditure to adapt its Antwerp refinery and petrochemical complex to the market conditions. With a capacity of 350,000 b/d, Antwerp is the second largest refinery in Europe and the largest in Total including: – 348,000 […]
Definition Mixed cracker refers to cracker in the refining process which can treat equally ethane or naphtha Comments The cracker is a master piece of the refining process to produce gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and all the building blocks of the petrochemical industry (ethylene, propylene, butadiene and all their respective derivatives) To feed this cracker, usually a […]
Dow and Saudi Aramco $20 billion Sadara takes shape Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) is a joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco). Once complete, Sadara petrochemical complex will be one of the world’s largest integrated chemical complex and the largest ever built in a single phase. The facility […]
Definition Fertilizer is any natural or manufactured plant nutrient that contains at least 5% of one or more of the three primary nutrients – nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), or potassium (K) Industrially manufactured fertilizers are sometimes referred to as mineral fertilizers. Comments There are several sources of fertilizers. The two most important are organic manure […]
