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Sabic and MRC to build the world largest MMA plant The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) and the Mitsubishi Rayon Company (MRC) are preparing the call for tender for two chemical facilities to be added in Sabic al-Jubail existing chemical plant. In August 2009, Sabic and Mitsubishi Rayon had signed a letter of intend (LOI) to prepare […]
SCOP awards Technip Karbala Refinery PMC contract The Iraq national oil company (NOC) State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) selected the French engineering company Technip to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services on the Karbala Refinery project in the center of Iraq. The Karbala Refinery project is part of the Iraq Government to invest between […]
KPI selects Sinopec Engineering for PDH and PP units The national company Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industry Inc Ltd (KPI) selected Sinopec Engineering Group (SEG) for the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) of the propane de-hydrogenation (PDH) and the polypropylene plants. This project is part of the petrochemical development program of the Republic of Kazakhstan to […]
Bechtel wins Ras Laffan Petrochemicals PMC contract The national oil company (NOC) Qatar Petroleum (QP) and the joint venture Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) selected the US-based engineering company Bechtel to provide project management consultancy (PMC) for the Ras Laffan Petrochemicals Project in Qatar. In this partnership with QP, QAPCO is itself a 80/20 joint venture between […]
Petronas calls for tender RAPID Package 8 EPCC The Malaysia national oil company (NOC) Petronas has sent the invitation to bid (ITB) to the pre-qualified engineering companies for the Package 8 of the Refinery And Petrochemicals Integrated Development (RAPID) project despite the one year delay announced earlier. With an estimated $20 billion capital expenditure, the […]
Oman selects Sohar for a $3.6 billion Plastics Project The Oman Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC) took the opportunity of the Polyolefins Plastics Arabia Conference organized in Muscat in May 2013 to unveil the details of a greenfield world-scale petrochemical complex to be located in Sohar. As most of the Gulf countries, the Sultanate […]
E.ON to acquire stake in GDF-Suez Austen (ex Jacqui) On May 30th 2013, the German-based E.ON signed an agreement with the French GDF-Suez to take 25% stake in the Austen discovery in the Central UK North Sea. Until then, GDF-Suez was the solely owner of the working interests in Austen. After the transaction, GDF-Suez will hold 75% […]
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 […]