EPC
OMV to replace RWE in Lundin’s Edvard Grieg project In October 2012, the Austrian-based OMV took over the 20% share held so far by the German RWE in the Edvard Grieg offshore project just after that Statoil had acquired 15% from Wintershall in the same project. Previously called Luna, the Edvard Grieg project is led […]
ExxonMobil steps in liquids-rich Montney shale acreage October 2012, ExxonMobil announced to acquire the Canadian company Celtic Exploration (Celtic) for the amount of $3.15 billion. ExxonMobil has already a strong presence in Canada since the 1940s in beginning with offshore exploration and production in Nova Scotia with the Sable project and in Newfoundland with Hibernia project. […]
Majors work on alternatives to export North Slope gas In October 2012, the major companies operating in Alaska, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, BP and TransCanada submitted to the Alaska administration their first report for an Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project. Estimated to cost $45 billion to $65 billion capital expenditure, Alaska LNG should be one of […]
Integration and Excellence are our path to Globality Kuwait National Petroleum Company KNPC was established in October 1960 to develop the downstream sector in Kuwait. Created as a joint venture between the government and the private sector, the State of Kuwait acquired the whole ownership of KNPC in 1975. In parallel, The Kuwait Government compensated […]
KNPC to award sulfur handling EPC contract in 2013 On October 14, 2012, the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) kicked off the bidding process for the Mina al-Ahmadi (MAA) Sulphur Handling Facilities (Revamp and new) Project (SHFP). Located 45 kilometers away from Kuwait City, this sulfur handling project belongs to the Mina al-Ahmandi refinery upgrade […]
Oman prepare series of projects for PTA,PET and PIA The national oil company Oman Oil Company (OOC) and its 92% subsidiary Takamul Investment Company (Takamul) presented a program of new projects covering the petrochemicals, metals and mining sectors. OOC, as a wholly-owned company by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman is investing in the […]
Creative hybrid chemistry for a better tomorrow Registered in Tokyo and listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange, Japan, Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited (Sumitomo Chemical) was established in 1913 to solve environmental issues. The smelting operations in the copper industry was emitting quantity of sulfur dioxide. Sumitomo Chemical was created to transform and monetise this sulfur dioxide […]
Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical target to complete Petro Rabigh Phase 2 project on time October 2012, JGC Corporation (JGC) from Japan has been awarded the expansion of the JGC Corporation (JGC)in the Petro Rabigh Phase 2 project. Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh), is a balanced joint venture between – The Saudi Arabian […]
