Front End Engineering and Design (FEED)
FERC pre-filling process initiated for Rio Grande LNG The independent Texas-based company Next Decade LLC (NextDecade) started the pre-filling process in view to obtain the Federal Energy Regulatory (FERC) approval for its liquefied natural gas (LNG) Rio Grande LNG export terminal project to be located at the Port of Brownsville on the Texas Gulf Coast, at […]
Farabi Yanbu Petrochemical project at FEED stage The Saudi Farabi Petrochemical Company (Farabi or FPC) is planning to start the front end engineering and design (FEED) work on its Yanbu petrochemical project in the Western Province of Saudi Arabia. Farabi was established in 2002 as a privately owned company. Since 2006, Farabi is producing normal paraffin (NPN) […]
PetroVietnam signed to buy Chevron stakes in Block-B The Vietnam national oil company (NOC) PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PetroVietnam) has taken over the working interests owned by the California-based international oil company (IOC) Chevron in the Block-B and the Block 48/95 gas field offshore Vietnam. Until now, Chevron was the main owner and operator of the […]
NefteGaz to add Delayed Coker in Afipsky Refinery The Russian NefteGazIndustriya LLC (NefteGaz) made the final investment decision (FID) to proceed with the expansion of its Afipsky Refinery in the Seversky District of the Krasnodar Territory on southwestern Russia. The Krasnodar Territory lies on the Black Sea east coast, in from of Crimea Peninsula, in […]
BASF selected US Texas Freeport for greenfield MTO The German chemical giant BASF SE (BASF) has selected its Freeport existing site on the Texas US Gulf Coast to build a greenfield Methane-To-Olefins (MTO) complex based on the critical methane-to-propylene (MTP) conversion. While the Bundestag, the German Parliament, continues to debate about the opportunity to allow or […]
PTTGC assesses Tri-States ethane cracker locations Thailand national chemical group PTT Global Chemical plc (PTTGC) and its partner, the Japanese trading company Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni) are concentrating their investigation on the three States, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio, covering the giant Marcellus Basin to find the best location to build a world-scale ethane cracker to […]
Parallax Energy selects Louisiana Calcacieu Parish The newly established company Parallax Energy LLC (Parallax) has chosen a site in Louisiana Calcacieu Parish along the US Gulf Coast to build and operate its first project, the Live Oak LNG as liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal. Even though Parallax may have a start up profile as a company, […]
Talisman Ca Rong Do Tension Leg Platform at design The Calgary-based Talisman Energy Inc. (Talisman) and its partners the independent companies Pearl Energy, Pan Pacific Petroleum (Pan Pacific) and the national oil company (NOC) PetroVietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) have completed the conceptual study in favor of tension leg platform (TLP) linked to a […]
