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Gazprom to study underground gas storage in China Last May, China and Russia had terminated lengthy negotiations on their natural gas trading prices to drive the constructions of multiple gas pipelines between the two countries. China had made its best efforts to increase its offer from $0.235 per cm to $0.250 while Russia was ready to accept $0.300 per cm instead of $0.350. But the […]
Granherne and Doris complete pre-FEED The GDF Suez Bonaparte is a $3.7 to $4.6 billion Floating LNG project to liquefied the natural gas from the Petrel, Tern and Frigate fields in the Bonaparte Basin, in the Timor Sea, 250 kilometres west of the northern Australian city of Darwin. GDF Suez Bonaparte is a joint venture created in 2009 […]
Shell and Mitsubishi to gather gas from Basra oil fields The Iraq Government has given its nod to the natural gas exploration deal signed between Shell from the Netherlands and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation (Mitsubishi). The project, which requires capital expenditure of around $17.2 billion, was initially signed in 2008. The joint venture, Basra Gas Company (BGC) is state-controlled […]
Jacobs collects awards in Saudi Arabia giant projects In May, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs) had been awarded the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for the $6 billion Ma’aden Phosphate city project. Then in June, Jacobs announced to have won the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for three polyethylene trains for the […]
Ma’aden awards FEED and reconsiders PMC contracts Although the PMC contract for the Ma’aden Phosphate city project was intended to be awarded together with the FEED contract to Jacobs, Ma’aden has decided finaly to separate both contracts. Ma’aden Phosphate Company (MPC) is a joint venture with SABIC in which the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) owns 70% and SABIC 30%. The Al Khabra Project, […]
Toyo Engineering and SOG Oleo e Gas signed a MOU On May, 2012, Toyo Engineering Corporation (Toyo) and SOG – Óleo e Gás S.A. (SOG), a leading engineering company in Brazil, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create the new Brazilian joint venture company TS Participações e Investimentos S.A.. The signature ceremony was officially […]
$20 billion Petronas RAPID project calls for partners The proposed Petronas Refinery & Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) complex in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia, is so far the largest liquid-based greenfield downstream undertaken in Malaysia. It will have a 300,000 barrels per day refinery to supply the petrochemical complex, to produce a host of refined petroleum products, including gasoline […]
Chevron Phillips to build two new Polyethylene units In April, Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. (Chevron Phillips) confirmed to build two polyethylene facilities in Sweeny facility in Old Ocean, Texas, which is located in Brazoria County. The two polyethylene facilities planned are part of the company’s U.S. Gulf Coast (USGC) Petrochemicals Project. The Woodlands-based chemical company, Chevron […]