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Ningbo Fortune selects UOP technology for propylene As an Oriental Energy Corporation Ltd (Oriental Energy) company, Ningbo Fortune Petrochemical Corporation Ltd (Ningbo Fortune) selected the US-based UOP-Honeywell technology for a greenfield project to produce propylene at the port of Ningbo, in the Zhejiang Province, China. Previously named Zhangjiagang Oriental Energy, the company became Oriental Energy in […]
KPC to take share in OMPL and OPAL petrochemicals The national oil companies (NOCs) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and the Indian Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) are about to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) by which the Kuwaiti company should take share in two major petrochemical projects at Mangalore and at Daheij in […]
Indorama takes seat in Tacaamol Al-Gharbia Complex The Thai chemical company Indorama Ventures (Indorama) and the local Abu Dhabi National Chemicals Corporation (ChemaWEyaat) signed an agreement to establish the joint venture Abu Dhabi Chemicals Integration Company (Tacaamol) to design and build the first phase of the Madeenat ChemaWEyaat Al Gharbia (MCAG) project in the Western […]
JGC in the lead for Ras Tanura Offsites & Utilities EPC The Japanese engineering company JGC Corporation (JGC) is leading the discussions with Saudi Aramco for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract of the Offsites & Utilities in Ras Tanura Clean Fuel and Aromatics project. Located on the East Coast within the Eastern Province, […]
Toyo-Setal awarded ComperJ hydrogen facility EPC The national oil company (NOC), Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), selected the joint venture Toyo-Setal Empreendimentos Ltda (Toyo-Setal) to design and build the new hydrogen facility for the integrated refinery and petrochemical Complexo Petroquimico do Rio de Janeiro, the so called ComperJ project. To be located at Itaborai, in the State of […]
Saudi Aramco to develop Jizan Port and Power plant In order to ensure the development of the $7 billion Jizan refinery in the south of Saudi Arabia and its commercial operations expected to start in 2016, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has decided to concentrate in the hands of the national oil company, Saudi Aramco, […]
Jizan gasification process to increase scope of work Saudi Aramco selected Shell technology for the power plant to be part of the giant Jizan Refinery project on the southeast of Saudi Arabia. Together with the refinery, the Jizan gazification project is the master piece of the development of this southern region of Saudi Arabia with the […]
Vietnam Oil & Gas Group completed preparation work PetroVietnam‘s Chairman , Mr Phung Dinh Thuc confirmed during a visit on the site of the Nghi Son refinery project that the preparation work was completed in October 2012 so that the construction could start in 2013. The Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical LLC (NSRP) is a […]