Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Sui Southern Gas in $1.4 billion deal with Engro Vopak The Pakistan midstream Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) is in final talks with the joint venture Engro Vopak Terminal Limited (EVTL) to build and operate a large greenfield liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at Port Qasim near Karachi in Pakistan. In parallel the Pakistan […]
Petrofac and Bonatti awarded Alrar Extension Project The London-based engineering company Petrofac and its Italian partner Bonatti have been awarded by the national oil company (NOC) Sonatrach the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the extension of the Alrar gas field in Eastern Algeria. With this Alrar Gas Field Extension project, Sonatrach is aiming at maintaining […]
Fluor and WorleyParsons in JV with KING and KGNT In May 2012, TengizChevrOil (TCO), the joint venture between Chevron, ExxonMobil, KazMunaiGas (KMG) and LukArco (Lukoil), awarded a first FEED and EPCM contract to a Fluor-led joint venture with WorleyParsons and Kazakh companies KING and KGNT for the Wellhead Pressure Management package of the Tengiz Future […]
together WE achieve Based in Abu Dhabi within the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Abu Dhabi National Company (ChemaWeYaat) was established recently in 2008 as the spearhead of the petrochemical industry in the UAE. In order to create immediately a regional champion and develop synergies, the stakeholders transferred their respective petrochemical assets into their purposely formed […]
BP and Shell explore successfully Nile Delta and Western Desert to secure oil and gas supply Then major international oil companies such as BP and Shell decided to extend their exploration and production programs in Egypt in order to secure a long term and sustainable supply in oil and gas to any downstream scheme. After […]
Definition Bitumen refers to an oil-based non crystalline solid substance produced naturally or from crude oil refining. Bitumen is mostly composed of highly condensed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. After refining, Bitumen is the more viscous, heaviest and thickest petroleum derivative. Comments Natural bitumen is an unconventional oil, sticky, looking like tar and more viscous than molasses. It must be […]
$1.6 billion to build Taizhou Refinery and Aromatics China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), China’s third National Oil Company (NOC), has decided to build a new integrated refinery and petrochemical complex in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, in east China. The new refinery would process heavy crude oil pumped from China’s Bohai Bay, off north China, the […]
Tempa Rossa to lead oil and gas developments in Italy Total and Shell have made the final investment decision (FID) on the Tempa Rossa oil and gas field development project. Discovered in 1989, Tempa Rossa is located in the southern Apennines, at an altitude of 1,000 meters, on the unitized Gorgoglione concession, in the Basilicate region, […]
