
Olefins
China Key Projects and Business Highlights While the Chinese national oil companies (NOCs) China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina), Sinopec, and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) explore the world to find new oil and gas resources, the foreign companies such as Air Liquide, Basf, Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, Huntsman, Lanxess, Shell, Total, invest in China in all kinds of […]
Brunei Key Projects and Business Highlights The Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam (Brunei) is the largest net exporter of oil and gas in Asia with 125,000 barrels per day (b/d). The first oil was discovered in Brunei in 1899 near Bandar Seri Begawan city and in 1925 Shell created Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) to explore and develop the Seria field onshore in […]
Brazil Key Projects and Highlights In 2012, Brazil and its flagship, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), had to face a reality regarding their capacity to deliver on time all the fleets of drilling ships, exploration and production floating units and services vessels in respect with the local content requirements. Awarding contracts to shipyards not yet even built […]
Azerbaijan Key Projects and Business Highlights With giant projects such as Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG), the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, and the Shah Deniz Phase-2, Azerbaijan has joined the largest producing countries of natural gas. The reserves of the Caspian Sea offshore Azerbaijan have attracted all the major companies BP, Inpex, Chevron, Itochu, Hess, Statoil , Total or Turkish Petroleum among others. […]
Key Projects and Business Highlights If the global economy is running from one dip to another dip wondering which bubble will cause the next one, the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical sector is flying over all these issues with only one concern, how to go faster? This question comes back from all the corners of […]
Fluor at work on FEED for Sasol US Mega Projects The South African company Sasol is currently proceeding to the selection of the license and technologies required for the olefins and derivatives production units of its integrated gas-to-liquid (GTL) and ethane cracker complex to be built at Lake Charles in Louisiana, USA. With an estimated […]
Tanesco awards Mtwara Power Plant to Symbion-GE The Tanzania National Electrical Supply Company (Tanesco) signed a $1 billion contract with the US consortium of Symbion Power (Symbion) and the technology company General Electric International (GE) for the team of the Mtwara Power Plant and the expansion of the electrical power national grid in the south […]
Petroleum Products Pipeline SA won first fuel pipeline The Petroleum Products Pipeline SA (3PL SA) has been awarded the construction of the first fuel pipeline in Cameroon. The Petroleum Products Pipeline SA is a joint venture between African investors let by the West Africa Investment Corporation (WAICO SA) and South Korean companies. WAICO SA is already […]