
Natural Gas Liquids (NGL)
Canada Key Projects and Business Highlights 2014 The more TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline project is running far from any decision in the USA, the more the Canadian projects are gearing up under the impulsion of international oil companies (IOCs) such as Japan Petroleum and Exploration Corporation Ltd (Japex), Kinder Morgan Inc., Shell, Suncor, Total, and national […]
Husky to qualify Madura MDA-MBH FPU bidders Calgary-based Husky Energy (Husky) and its partners, the state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and the independent Singapore-registered Samudra Energy (Samudra) are proceeding to the qualification of the engineering companies and shipyard to be invited to bid (ITB) for the construction of the floating production unit (FPU) […]
Sabic mulls over world largest Oil-To-Chemicals project The world largest ethylene producer, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) is mulling over the design and construction of the world ever largest Oil-To-Chemical (OTC) complex in Saudi Arabia. In the same way as Saudi Aramco invested heavily these last years on the downstream activities, Sabic is considering again massive […]
Magellan Midstream to add gas condensate splitter Magellan Midstream Partners (MMP or Magellan) from Oklahoma in USA signed export agreement with the Dutch trading company Trafigura Beheer BV (Trafigura) to expand the Corpus Christi Terminal in Texas with a condensate splitter. As a midstream company, Magellan is owning and operating the longest pipeline system for the […]
ExxonMobil to add DCU with Belgium ANWERUP The refining branch of ExxonMobil is planning to add a delayed coker unit (DCU) at its Belgium refinery with the Antwerp North-West Europe Resid Upgrading Project (ANWERUP). Located on the Port of Antwerp at the boarder with The Netherlands, this integrated refinery and petrochemical complex was built in […]
Chevron to tender Ubon Offshore Platform and FPU The California-based company Chevron and its partners, PTTEP from Thailand, Hess from USA and Mitsui Oil (Mitsui) from Japan are preparing the calls for tender for the main engineering, production and construction (EPC) contracts to be awarded for the development of the offshore Ubon project in Thailand. […]
Saudi Aramco to expand Khurais and Shaybah oil fields After years to push ahead its refining and petrochemical activities, Saudi Aramco is coming back to its upstream core business in preparing the expansion of the giant Khurais and Shaybah oil and gas fields. As the most influential member of the OPEC organization, Saudi Arabia is […]
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 […]