mono-ethylene glycol (MEG)
QP and Shell Petrochemical project named Al-Karaana Qatar Petroleum and Shell made significant decisions in November regarding their world-scale petrochemical complex in the Ras Laffan Industrial Zone in northern Qatar. The Minister of Energy and Industry, Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada and Ben Van Beurden, Shell Chemicals Executive Vice President, during a meeting in Doha, […]
Shell to boost Pulau Bukom ethylene cracker by 20% On November 2012, Shell made the final investment decision (FID) for the debottlenecking of its petrochemical complex in Pulau Bukom, in Bukom Island, Singapore. Identified as Shell Eastern Petrochemical Complex (SEPC) project, Shell started up this petrochemical complex in March 2010. Because of the increasing demand in South East Asia, Shell is […]
Qatar Petroleum holds 10% of $3 billion Arzew project Since Total and Sonatrach had announced the giant Arzew petrochemical complex, the project had to be put on hold by the lack of ethane as feedstock to supply the cracker. This ethane should come from the Hassi R’meil natural gas fields, but transportation along the 500km to […]
Sojitz, SDK and Toray multiply strategic initiatives While the biggest oil and gas producing countries in Middle-East, Russia and North America are expanding their petrochemical industry downstream towards high added value hydrocarbon products, Japan seems to investigate another route through chemical local companies building up Market Leadership on bio-plastics. The global market for bio-plastics was […]
Top brands to develop 100% plant-based PET (BioPET) June 2012, the Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola), Ford Motor Company (Ford), H.J. Heinz Company(Heinz), NIKE, Inc. (Nike) and Procter & Gamble (P&G) created the Plant PET Technology Collaborative (PTC). Already December 2009 had marked game changing by Coca-Cola launching its innovative PlantBottle™ package. With the 30 percent mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) portion […]
Shell and QP plan $6.5 billion capital expenditure for the Ras Laffan petrochemical complex In 2011, Qatar Petroleum and Shell signed a Heads of Agreement for the Development of a World-scale petrochemicals Complex in in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar This agreement follows the conclusion of a joint feasibility study conducted by the partners, Qatar Petroleum and Shell. […]
Shell continues to progress plans to build a proposed world-scale petrochemical complex in the Appalachia region, USA, which could upgrade locally-produced ethane from Marcellus shale gas production. Shell Appalachia is headquartered in Warrendale, PA, USA, and has 185 employees located in Pennsylvania, with approximately 50 employees located in Tioga County. With the acquisition of East Resources, […]
