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Sempra, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and GDF-Suez to convert Louisiana terminal into Hackberry LNG plant Based in San Diego, Califormia, USA, Sempra Energy (Sempra) completed its commercial development agreements with its partners Mitsubishi Corporation (Mitsubishi), Mitsui and Co. (Mitsui), both from Japan, and GDF-Suez, from France, for the Cameron LNG project in Louisiana, to export liquefied natural gas […]
SABIC and Shell to invest in and beyond Saudi Arabia In November 2012, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Shell have decided to work on expansion opportunities of their joint venture Saudi Petrochemical Company (Sadaf). These expansion ambitions are not limited to the sole Saudi Arabia but should also aim at increasing positions in overseas markets. […]
Sinopec to take shares in Russia Sibur’s facility On October 2012, China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and the Russian company Sibur signed Heads of Agreement to sell to the Chinese company shares of the Krasnoyarsk Synthetic Rubbers Plant JSC (KSRP). Sinopec is the second largest Chinese national oil company after PetroChina (CNPC) and among the Top 10 largest […]
STAR Refining plans one of largest projects in Turkey Through the joint venture STAR Refining Inc. established in January 2012, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (Socar) and Turcas Petroleum AS (Turcas) are developing the $5 billion Aegean Refinery project on the western coast of Turkey on the Aegean Sea. The Socar Turcas Aegean […]
Technip/Shaw Energy and Chemicals to provide PMC The Oman State wholly-owned Oman Oil Company (OOC) and the Abu Dhabi sovereign fund International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) have approved the location and the financing for their joint venture Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company (DRPIC) project. The joint venture Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company (DRPIC) was established in June […]
Mitsui, Toyo and Unico study $2 billion fertilizer project A Japanese consortium made of Mitsui, Toyo Engineering Corporation (Toyo) and the consulting company Unico International Corporation (Unico) is working on a greenfield $2 billion fertilizer plant in the South of Iraq. This project comes while the: – Houston-based engineering company KBR is revamping and expanding […]
Jiutai selects KBR for Ordos MTO recovery project Jiutai Energy Group (Jiutai) selected KBR‘s technology for a methanol-to-olefins (MTO) recovery project in Ordos, in Inner Mongolia Province, China. State owned company based in Luozhuang Industry Park of Linyi High-Tech Industry Development Zone in southern Shandong Province, eastern China, Jiutai was established in 2002 to lead […]
Sudan and South Sudan to resume oil export South Sudan holds 75% of the oil reserves lying in the previously unified Sudan, but South Sudan needs to use Sudan refineries and pipelines to export it. When created in created in July 2011 from the scission with the northern part of Sudan, the oil produced in South Sudan continued to be carried out to Port Sudan […]
