
electrical power generation
Oman Oil Musandam IPP to replace diesel powergen The wholly state-owned Oman Oil Company (Oman Oil or OOC) and its partner LG International Corporation (LG) from South Korea made the final investment decision for their joint venture Musandam Power Company (MPC) independent power plant (IPP) to be built at Tibat-Wilayat Bukha in the Musandam Governorate […]
Shell – Estonian Eesti Energia – Karak International Oil to explore and develop Jordan oil shale resources The Jordan Oil Shale Company (JOSCO), a wholly owned Shell subsidiary, the Estonia company Eesti Energia (Enefit) and Karak International Oil (Karak) from the UK–based Jordan Energy and Mining Ltd, are now moving from the exploration phases of […]
UAE to shunt Hormuz Strait with Fujairah Terminal Mubadala Petroleum and the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), both from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, are preparing the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) phase for their Emirates LNG project in Fujairah. Established in 2002 by the State of Abu Dhabi, the Mubadala Development Company […]
Toyo-Setal awarded ComperJ hydrogen facility EPC The national oil company (NOC), Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), selected the joint venture Toyo-Setal Empreendimentos Ltda (Toyo-Setal) to design and build the new hydrogen facility for the integrated refinery and petrochemical Complexo Petroquimico do Rio de Janeiro, the so called ComperJ project. To be located at Itaborai, in the State of […]
Saudi Aramco to develop Jizan Port and Power plant In order to ensure the development of the $7 billion Jizan refinery in the south of Saudi Arabia and its commercial operations expected to start in 2016, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has decided to concentrate in the hands of the national oil company, Saudi Aramco, […]
Saudi Arabia to work on Red Sea LNG Terminal Project The national oil company Saudi Aramco is considering again to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal on the Red Sea. In the previous years, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has already pushed and shelved this Red Sea LNG import terminal project. This stop-and-go attitude […]
Sabic to expand petrochemical capacities in USA The Ryadh-based Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic), may join BASF, ChevronPhillips, Dow Chemical (Dow), Enterprise Products Partners (Enterprise), ExxonMobil, Evonik, Occidental Petroleum, Sasol, Shell, to increase its petrochemical foot print in USA to benefit from the low costs feedstock provided by the shale gas. Speaking at the Gulf […]