
Japan
ExxonMobil, Shell and Total head to head for PNG gas These last months of 2013 have seen the major companies ExxonMobil, Shell and Total in an intense competition to share working interests with the junior New York-listed company InterOil Corporation (InterOil) in the large Elk and Antelope discoveries of the western Papua New Guinea (PNG). For nearly […]
Nexen to anchor Aurora LNG project at Grassy Point The Canadian Nexen Energy ULC (Nexen), acquired by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), and its Japanese partners Inpex Corporation (Inpex) and JGC Corporation (JGC) has signed an exclusive agreement with the Government of British Columbia in western Canada to locate its Aurora liquefied natural gas […]
SCR to qualify bidders for Basrah Refinery revamping The national South Refinery Company (SRC) is currently qualifying the engineering companies and contractors interested to bid for the Basrah Refinery revamping and upgrade project in the south of Iraq. This project is part of the Iraq national program to restore the refining capacities of the country […]
Abadi LNG to be expanded on conventional scheme The Japanese company Inpex and its Anglo-Dutch partner Shell have decided to use the conventional scheme, offshore – pipeline – onshore, to implement the full field development of the Abadi LNG project offshore Indonesia. With the Abadi project, Inpex and Shell intend to develop the Masela Block located at […]
JGC in the lead for Ras Tanura Offsites & Utilities EPC The Japanese engineering company JGC Corporation (JGC) is leading the discussions with Saudi Aramco for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract of the Offsites & Utilities in Ras Tanura Clean Fuel and Aromatics project. Located on the East Coast within the Eastern Province, […]
Sabic signed joint venture for Jubail Acrylonitrile Project After years of technical and commercial studies, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic), and its Japanese partners, Mitsubishi Corporation (Mitsubishi) and Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation (Asahi) signed a joint venture to build the first acrylonitrile and sodium cyanide plant in the Middle-East. In this purpose, Sabic, Mitsubishi and Asahi estblished […]
JGC and Fluor to build Baytown USGC Ethane cracker Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (ChevronPhillips) made the final investment decision (FID) to build its Cedar Bayou US Gulf Coast Petrochemical (USGC) project in Baytown, Texas, USA. In following this decision ChevronPhillips selected the 50/50 joint venture of JGC Corporation from Japan and Fluor Enterprises Inc. from […]
Dominion to invest $3.8 billion in Cove Point LNG Based in Richmond, Virginia, the US utility and midstream company Dominion has been granted by the US Department of Energy (DOE) of the forth approval for the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the non-free trade agreement (non-FTA) countries out of its Cove Point LNG project […]