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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 […]
BG to become first supplier of LNG in China BG Group from UK and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) signed Heads of Agreement (HOA) about the Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas (QCLNG) project. Both companies were already partnering in the QCLNG project, but with the agreed Heads of Agreement, BG Group and CNOOC manage […]
BASF to take parts of Poland Ciech’s TDI business On October 2012, the Ludwigshafen, Germany-based, BASF, acquired parts of Ciech Chemical Group’s (Ciech) Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI) business. This announcement comes in the same time as BASF is currently building the world largest single train TDI plant in Europe. BASF is a global leader in the […]
Petronas to move on Burma Yetagun North expansion The Yetagu gas field is located in southern Andaman Sea about 100 kilometers west offshore Myanmar coast line. Originally explored and developed by Texaco, Premier Oil and Nippon Oil Exploration (JX NOEX) , the American withdrew in the years 2000s because of the US sanctions against Myanmar. The Malaysian […]
Jordan qualified 13 contractors for Red Sea oil terminal In May 2012, Jordan Ministry of Energy and Mineral resources published the call for tender of the Aqaba Oil Terminal. Among the countries having the highest dependency on foreign energy source, Jordan imports 96% of the country’s energy consumption. Jordan holds some natural gas with the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Petronas moves on second Floating LNG unit On September 2012, JGC Corporation (JGC) from Japan and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) from South Korea signed a contract with the Malaysian national oil company Petronas for the front end engineering and design (FEED) of a new floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit. Malaysia waters is rich of […]
