Front End Engineering and Design (FEED)
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 […]
Waha Oil partners to revive Sirte basin production Waha Oil Company’s partners ConocoPhillips, Marathon Oil, Hess Corporation and the local National Oil Company are preparing large exploration production program to revive the oil and gas production in Libya. Within the Sirte basin, the Waha concession covers 13 million acres and includes three major projects : […]
KNPC to award sulfur handling EPC contract in 2013 On October 14, 2012, the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) kicked off the bidding process for the Mina al-Ahmadi (MAA) Sulphur Handling Facilities (Revamp and new) Project (SHFP). Located 45 kilometers away from Kuwait City, this sulfur handling project belongs to the Mina al-Ahmandi refinery upgrade […]
Oman prepare series of projects for PTA,PET and PIA The national oil company Oman Oil Company (OOC) and its 92% subsidiary Takamul Investment Company (Takamul) presented a program of new projects covering the petrochemicals, metals and mining sectors. OOC, as a wholly-owned company by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman is investing in the […]
Creative hybrid chemistry for a better tomorrow Registered in Tokyo and listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange, Japan, Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited (Sumitomo Chemical) was established in 1913 to solve environmental issues. The smelting operations in the copper industry was emitting quantity of sulfur dioxide. Sumitomo Chemical was created to transform and monetise this sulfur dioxide […]
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 […]
Non-end drive to USA paves Enbridge way to Asia With the cancellation of the $16.2 billion Mackenzie Valley pipeline project, Canada integrates the new situation created in the USA with the exponential development of the shale gas these last years. Proposed in the 1970s and finally approved by the Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB), the […]
