Petrochemical
OGC to invest $3.5 billion in LPG and NGL projects The national Oman Gas Company SAOC (OGC) is preparing a strategic shift from its historical midstream activities toward liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas liquids (NGL) extraction and transformation for petrochemical use. In 2000, OGC was established by Royal Decree to develop the infrastructures across […]
Oman Oil and IPIC to award Duqm Refinery FEED soon The national Oman Oil Company (Oman Oil or OOC) and the Abu Dhabi sovereign founds International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) are reaching the final evaluation stage of the commercial and technical bids submitted by international engineering companies to carry out the front end engineering and […]
Gazprom and Sibur ink MOU for Belogorsk project The Russian companies Gazprom and Sibur materialized in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) their intention to build a gas processing plant (GPP) and a petrochemical complex at Belogorsk in the Amur Region of the Far East Russia. This project is a consequence of Eastern Gas Program approved […]
Sabic signed joint venture for Jubail Acrylonitrile Project After years of technical and commercial studies, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic), and its Japanese partners, Mitsubishi Corporation (Mitsubishi) and Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation (Asahi) signed a joint venture to build the first acrylonitrile and sodium cyanide plant in the Middle-East. In this purpose, Sabic, Mitsubishi and Asahi estblished […]
ORPIC Liwa Platics Project to reach FEED stage The Oman Refinery and Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC) confirmed to have called for tender the front end engineering and design (FEED) work for its $3.6 billion petrochemical complex to produce plastics in Al-Liwa, close to Sohar in the north of Oman. To be integrated to the Sohar […]
Saudi Aramco to evaluate Fadhili gas plant FEED bids The national oil company Saudi Aramco is currently evaluating the tenders submitted by the qualified engineering companies in competition to provide the Fadhili Gas Processing Plant project with the front end engineering and design (FEED) work. This project is part of Saudi Arabia program to develop […]
Russia Key Projects and Business Highlights In acquiring TNK from BP, Rosneft became this first half 2013 the world largest oil & gas and petrochemical company, ahead of ExxonMobil or China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) in term of revenues, thus sending the signal that Russia intends to stay clearly in the lead of […]
Mexico Key Projects and Business Highlights Since 2004, when Mexico was able to produce 3.4 million barrels per day (b/d), this oil and gas giant managed to come down to 2.55 million b/d on first half 2013 due to a constitution concentrating in one state owned company, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) all the responsibilities to explore and produce […]
