Oil & Gas and Petrochemical
A year ago, Oman Oil Company (OOC) and the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) – an Abdu Dhabi Government owned company – signed in Abu Dhabi a cooperation agreement on investments in oil, gas and petrochemicals. This agreement is now taking shape with the decision to move ahead with this $6 billion refinery to be […]
Definition: “MDI” stands for Methylene Diphenyl diisocyanate. as a derivative from the Isocyanates familly, the MDI belongs to the Aromatics branch of the building blocks of the petrochemical industry. Comments: Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and 2,4 toluene diisocyanate (TDI) are used in the production of polyurethanes – an essential component in many products ranging from […]
The Linde Group (Linde) and Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), the joined venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical, signed a long-term contract for the gas supply of Sadara Complex in construction in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Linde will spend $380 million in capital expenditure. Sadara will be the world’s largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase. […]
Dear Faithfull Readers While our website was still under completion, many of you have managed to find the access to the blog and to visit it repeatedly. For this achievement we grant you a great thanks and big applaud. Now I am very pleased to inform you that www.2b1stconsulting.com will go live on Monday April 23rd 2012. […]
Definition: “IECEx” is the IEC System for Certification for Standards relating to Equipment for Use in Explosive Atmospheres Comments: The objective of the IECEx System is to facilitate international trade in equipment and services for use in explosive atmospheres, while maintaining the required level of safety: reduced testing and certification costs to manufacturer reduced time to market international confidence […]
The Mubadala Development Company, through its branch Mubadala Oil& Gas and the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) from Abu Dhabi, have announced the project to build the Emirates LNG Terminal in Fujairah, UAE. This LNG Terminal would have a down loading and re-gasification capacity of 1.2 billion cf/d and a storage capacity of 12 billion cf […]
Abu Dhabi’s Zakum Development Company’s (ZADCO) mandate was to develop the Upper Zakum field on behalf of ADNOC and for the benefit of the shareholders: ADNOC 60%, ExxonMobil 28% through its local subsidiary ExxonMobil Abu Dhabi Offshore Petroleum Company Ltd. (EMAD), and Japan Oil Development Company Ltd. (Jodco) holding the remaining 12%. ExxonMobil, ADNOC and Jodco will jointly provide […]
Definition: “TLP” is the acronym of Tension Leg Platform. This name is used for offshore platform designed to have buoyancy in excess to be balanced in connecting the platform to the sea bed with long steel tubular structure called tendons. These tendons guaranty the stability of the platform in all dimensions regardless the waves and sea […]
