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The Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is a masterpiece in the loop of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) lifecycle.
After decades of quiet evolution, Carbon Capture seems to finally happen and overcome its barrier of monetization.

Oil & Gas is booming while other Industries slow down 2B1st Consulting expects that you could already benefit from the business upturn in the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical market in 2019, to wish you an even better NEW YEAR 2020 as this positive trend should continue while other industries are slowing down amid the international […]

240 projects represent more than 680 billion CAPEX On November 5th 2012, the Project Smart Explorer data base contains the 240 largest projects of the oil and gas and petrochemical industry. These projects represent more than 680 billion of capital expenditure to be mostly invested on the next three years by 166 end users. These end […]

The First Online and Smart sales pursuit tools to trace Oil and Gas and Petrochemical projects  2B1st Consulting’s team of experts developed Project Smart Explorer as the first sales pursuit tool to trace and scan online the largest projects of the chemical, oil and gas industry in the world.           www.projectsmartexplorer.com Focusing […]

Saltic FZCO (formerly known as Oswal Oman Caustic FZCO), is now planning to move ahead with its “Caustic Soda” and “Ethylene DiChloride (EDC)” project in the Salalah free zone of Oman. Technology for the “Caustic Soda” plant will be provided by Chlorine Engineers Corporation of Japan, while Ineos of Europe will provide the know-how for the “EDC” facility. The project is […]

Definition:  The wording “Grass-roots” refers to a new plant to be built up from scratch. It has no connection with the process to be used. Comment:  “Green field’ is the most common synonym of “Grass-roots”, both oppose to “Brown field” which is used for existing facilities. For more information and data about oil and gas […]

Definition:  The acronym “EPCM” stands for “Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management”. It may also be called “EPCS” for “Engineering, Procurement and Construction Services” or “PMS” for “Project Management Services”. As expressed clearly in the “PMS” definition, the “EPCM” refers to very different role from the “EPC” where the engineering company having the “EPCM” contract, supports […]

Definition: This acronym “FEED” stands for the “Front End Engineering and Design” of a project. The “FEED” may also be called “Basic Design” or even “Basic”. This phase follows the “Feasibility Study” to describe in more details the different technical and financial options considered during the feasibility study. The “FEED” will define the process, the […]