Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)
CB&I to complete ORPIC Liwa Plastics project FEED The engineering company CB&I is about to complete the front end engineering and design (FEED) of the petrochemical complex planned by the state-owned Oman Refinery and Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC) in Al-Liwa, near by Sohar in the north of Oman. As all the other countries in the […]
Sabic and Shell start Sadaf Polyurethane FEED work The international oil company (IOC) Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) and the global petrochemical group Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) have agreed to expand their joint venture Saudi Petrochemical Company (Sadaf) with the addition of world-scale polyolefins production units on their existing site in the Al-Jubail Industrial Zone […]
ORPIC Liwa Platics Project to reach FEED stage The Oman Refinery and Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC) confirmed to have called for tender the front end engineering and design (FEED) work for its $3.6 billion petrochemical complex to produce plastics in Al-Liwa, close to Sohar in the north of Oman. To be integrated to the Sohar […]
SABIC and Shell to invest in and beyond Saudi Arabia In November 2012, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Shell have decided to work on expansion opportunities of their joint venture Saudi Petrochemical Company (Sadaf). These expansion ambitions are not limited to the sole Saudi Arabia but should also aim at increasing positions in overseas markets. […]
Huntsman and Sinopec Jinling to invest $750 million The Texas-based chemical company Huntsman Corporation (Huntsman) and the Sinopec Jinling Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Jinling) have decided to form a joint venture to build and operate a greenfield world-scale Propylene Oxide (PO) and Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) plant in Nanjing, in the Jiangsu Province, China. Huntsman […]
