downstream
Definition Clean fuels appeared in the 1990s to refers to energies to be used in transportation applications as a substitute of the conventional diesel and gasoline. Since then the wording Clean Fuel has been adopted by refiners to designate the new diesel and gasoline developed to improve efficiency and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Saudi Aramco and Sabic gives momentum to GES+ Saudi Aramco initiated the concept of General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) initiative in order to enhance the level of competence of the local engineering companies and contractors and to contribute to create more value within Saudi Arabia. Indirectly the General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) is to increase the […]
Definition Polyacetal is the common name for PolyOxyMethylene (POM). Polyacetal may also be called Polyformaldehyde as produced from formaldehyde. The Polyacetal is a polyether existing under two forms Homopolymer and Copolymer Comments Polyacetal was invented by Dupont de Nemours in 1953 Polyacetal is a high crystalline thermoplastic This high crystalline structure of the polyacetal provides […]
