Refinery
Daelim in the lead for KNPC Mina Al-Ahmadi FCC EPC Daelim Industrial from South Korea submitted the lowest bid for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract of the Fluid Catalytic Convertor (FCC) and Sour Water Treatment package of the Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation (KNPC) refinery at Mina Al-Ahmadi in Kuwait. With this first package to be […]
Shell to replicate Pearl GTL with Lousiana GTL project Since the South Africa company Sasol had announced last year to select its site in Lake Charles in Westlake of Calcasieu Parish in Louisiana, Shell opted also for the Lousiana Gulf Coast for its gas-to-liquids (GTL) project in USA. At the CERAWeek, last year, Shell CEO Peter […]
Kingfisher to lead Lake Albert and refinery projects After resolving tax and refinery disagreements between Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) from UK, Total from France, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) from China and the Uganda Government, the Kingfisher project is ready to take off. The Kingfisher project is to develop the previously called Block-3A […]
CNPC to join Petroecuador in Ecuador Refinery project The giant China National Petroleum Company (CNPC or PetroChina) is currently in discussion with the national oil companies (NOCs) Petroecuador and Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) to take a stake in the Ecuador Refineria del Pacifico project. With a production of 500,000 barrels per day (b/d), Ecuador […]
Dangote to invest $8 billion in new Nigeria refinery The Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote announced its project to build a greenfield new refinery in Nigeria in order to compensate current imports. Nigeria is the largest crude oil producer in Africa but is also one of the largest importer of fuels despite the largest installed base […]
Rosneft and Mitsui signed MOU for Nakhodka complex During the visit of Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe to Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 29th, 2013, the Russian oil and gas and petrochemical giant OJSC NK ROSNEFT (Rosneft) and the Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co., Ltd (Mitsui) inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop […]
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, […]
Saipem won EPC contract for Nigeria Edo fertilizer Based in Lagos, Nigeria, the Dangote Group (Dangote) has selected the Indian Tata Consulting Engineering company as project manager consultant (PMC) for its Edo Fertilizer project in Nigeria. Estimated to require $1.9 billion capital expenditure, this Edo Fertilizer project is given as to build the largest Fertilizer plant in Africa. […]
