ogp projects
$4 billion for first Brunei Refinery & Aromatics complex Zhejiang Hengyi Petrochemicals co.ltd (Zhejiang Hengyi) is the largest polyester fibers manufacturer in China. Founded in 1994 it is a privately owned company. Zhejiang Hengyi is planning to build an integrated refinery and petrochemical complex at Pulau Muara Besar in Brunei Darussalam with the country’s first aromatics production facilities, the chemical-fibers production units. […]
Tsusho takes 32.5% of Encana’s Coalbed Methane Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Tsusho) has reached an agreement with Encana Corporation (Encana), Canada‘s largest natural gas producer, to acquire a 32.5% interest in a coalbed methane (CBM) project. Tsusho will pay C$602 million to acquire the interest and in capital expenditure over the coming seven years. Tsusho has […]
UOP provides Propane Dehydrogenation Technology Zhangjiagang Yangzi River Petrochemical Co. Ltd is a joint venture between: – New Oriental Energy Co., – Huachang Chemical Co. – Feixang Chemical Co (a Rhodia‘s subsidiary). Zhangjiagang is located in the Jiangsu province, China, which is about 110 km from Shanghai. This large scale project is to meet the growing demand in […]
Framo Engineering is now part of Schlumberger to create a subsea process and boosting system capable of meeting the demands of the subsea environment and changing flow conditions over the life of a field. The Gullfaks Field is located in the central part of the East Shetland Basin in the Northern Norwegian North Sea and […]
Sabine Pass LNG Terminal opens overseas export to Shale gas production Originally planned to be a LNG Import Terminal the Sabine Pass LNG project in Lousianna,USA, had been left in stand by for a while, until the Shale gas industry managed to put the domestic gas prices down below $4 per mmBTU with a great […]
Versalis (ENI) and Novamont innovate with the Porto Torres bio-chemical complex Matrica Spa is a 50:50 joint venture between Versalis, previously called Polimeri Europa (the biggest Italian chemical company, a subsidiary of Eni), and Novamont (a global market leader in biodegradable plastics). Matrica has the mission to design, build and operate chemical plants using vegetable oil […]
While Phillips 66 sells Trainer refinery to Delta Air Lines, BP will supply the crude. Phillips 66, the newly created company to take over the ConocoPhillips Downstream activities is going to sell its Trainer Refinery, close to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,USA, to Delta Air Lines for $150 million. This refinery has a capacity of 185,000b/d of light […]
The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) will spend $4 billion in capital expenditure for this ethylene and propylene production facilities in Freeport, Texas, USA. This Olefins project illustrates the previous news about the consequences of the Shale gas to provide long term feedstock at very competitive price to the Downstream activities. As a good example of the relocation into USA of the petrochemical industry, this new ethylene […]
