
petrochemical complex
Oxy to join Chevron, Dow, Exxon and Shell US projects On December 2012, Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem) submitted a permit application to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the construction of a new ethylene cracker at Ingleside in Texas, USA. Based in Los Angeles in California, USA, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) is the largest […]
Petronas to award Angsi CEOR vessel EPC contracts The Malaysian national oil company Petronas is preparing the call for tender of the topsides and vessel conversion package for the Angsi chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) vessel planned to be used to boost Angsi oil and gas production by an incremental 20%. This Angsi CEOR vessel will […]
KNPC awarded PMC contract to Foster Wheeler On December 23rd, 2012, the state-owned oil refiner Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) selected Foster Wheeler for the project management consultancy (PMC) contract of the multi-billion Clean Fuels Project (CFP). In Kuwait, the CFP project, as well as the New Refinery Project (NRP) were left on hold nearly four years […]
Jacobs completed FEED on mining Phosphate City The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) is moving into the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) phase for its $6 billion capital expenditure Phosphate City project. To be located in the north of Saudi Arabia, the Phosphate City project is also called Al-Khabra project as Maaden is aiming at debottlenecking the Al-Khabra phosphates mines. Through the Phosphate City […]
SINOMACH and CPC to build first Cambodia refinery On December 28th 2012, China Perfect Machinery Industry Corp (SINOMACH) and Cambodia Petrochemical Corporation (CPC) made the final investment decision (FID) to build the first crude oil refinery in the Kampong Som Petrochemical Industrial Zone along the southern coast in Cambodia. This $2.3 billion capital expenditure this […]
M&G to invest $1 billion in PET and PTA plants in USA The Italian company Mossi & Ghisolfi Gruppo (M&G Group) made the final investment decision (FID) for to build a greenfield polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants in Corpus Christi in Texas, USA. M&G Group is a wholly owned family company with […]
Qatar to double petrochemicals production until 2020 On December 23rd 2012, Qatar established a new company, the Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company (MUNTAJAT) Q.J.S.C., to lead the strategic development of the country on the downstream sector. In creating this corporation, Qatar is targeting to more than double the chemical and petrochemical production from […]
YPF and Bridas signed $1.5 billion deal in Vaca Muerta As a result of the new oil export tax system, the national oil company YPF and Bridas Corporation (Bridas) signed a Farm-in agreement to explore and develop 663 square kilometers of oil shale fields in the Loma la Lata and Loma la Campana of the […]
