final investment decision (FID)
BASF and Yara at work on Freeport Ammonia Project The German-based chemical leader BASF and the Norwegian nitrogen fertilizers producer Yara International (Yara) have signed an agreement to build a world-scale ammonia plant on the US Gulf Coast. With the largest agriculture in the world, USA is the most strategic market for fertilizers. Anyway the […]
Shell takes majority share in LNG Canada Development The Royal Dutch Shell (Shell), and its partners, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina), Koreas gas Corporation (Kogas) and Mitsubishi Corporation (Mitsubishi) from Japan established a joint venture to design, built and operate the LNG Canada project to produce and export liquefied natural gas (LNG) out […]
Tecnicas Reunidas completed FEED for Jubail MMA The Spanish engineering company Tecnicas Reunidas completed the front end engineering and design (FEED) of the world largest methyl methacrylate (MMA) production unit planned by Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) and Mitsubishi Rayon Company (MRC) at the Al-Jubail Industrial City in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. This […]
US Shintech in view of Plaquemine PVC expansion Shintech Inc. (Shintech), the US subsidiary of the Japanese Group Shin-Etsu Chemical Corporation Ltd (Shin-Etsu), submitted an application for air permit to Louisiana Department of Environment Quality to build a greenfield ethylene plant in perspective of future expansion at the existing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) facilities at Plaquemine […]
Petronas RAPID to go ahead as part of Malaysia PIPC In making the final investment decision (FID) on the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC), the Malaysia national oil company (NOC) Petronas is triggering the execution phase of the Refinery And Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project in the south Johor next to Singapore. With RAPID as […]
SLNG to call for tender first LNG Terminal Expansion While the state-owned midstream company Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd (SLNG) is still in the process to expand the first Singapore liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal through different phases, it is already considering further developments with the construction of a second LNG terminal around the Jurong […]
Indian Farmers selected Becancour Waterfront site The Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative (IFFCO) and the local Coop fédérée are moving into the design phase for a world-scale nitrogen fertilizer plant to be located in the Becancour Waterfront Industrial Park of the Quebec Province in Canada. Established in 1967, IFFCO is registered in India as a multi-states co-operative society […]
Petronas considers onshore solution for Angsi CEOR Petronas, the Malaysia national oil company (NOC) and the super major ExxonMobil are considering to re-design the Angsi Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery project from the original CEOR vessel concept into an onshore treatment plant at Terengganu on the East Coast of Malaysia Peninsula. Since 2012, Petronas and ExxonMobil are investigating […]
