Middle East
Gas prices and high costs dictate to rethink Shtokman The foreseen capital expenditure for the Shtokman gas field development came up from first estimated $15 billion to $30-40 billion. This costs escalation is resulting from multiple factors including the combined target to produce 50/50 natural gas and LNG. This goal appeared to have a great impact on […]
Advanced and Bayegan to build a new PDH-PP plant Advanced Petrochemical Company (Advanced), a leading Saudi Arabia based producer of petrochemical products, and Bayegan Group (Bayegan), a Turkish international trading company, engaged in petroleum derivatives, petrochemicals and other commodities, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of a joint $ […]
ENI goes global in Petrochemical In the same time as ConocoPhillips revives the Phillips 66 brand to reposition its Downstream activities, ENI has decided to rename Polimeri Europa into Versalis. The new name represents a tangible sign of ENI‘s 2011 decision to relaunch its petrochemical business. Born in 1994 from the joint venture between Enichem and […]
When the USA, led by companies like ExxonMobil or Chesapeake, decided to boost the development of shale gas, the world perceived it as a local matter to help this country to reduce its reliance on overseas production countries. Then in 2011, the USA have become already self sufficient in gas, much faster than expected. Until then, […]
