
shale gas glut
FERC pre-filling process initiated for Rio Grande LNG The independent Texas-based company Next Decade LLC (NextDecade) started the pre-filling process in view to obtain the Federal Energy Regulatory (FERC) approval for its liquefied natural gas (LNG) Rio Grande LNG export terminal project to be located at the Port of Brownsville on the Texas Gulf Coast, at […]
2B1st Consulting wish you a Happy New Year 2015 2B1st Consulting is very pleased to wish you and your family a wonderful year 2015 full of joy, happiness and prosperity. We also expect you and your team to meet in this New Year all the success you deserve in the conquest of new Oil & Gas […]
USA Key Projects and Business Highlights 2014 The development of the shale gas in USA has continued to materialized in 2014 regardless the low prices of the local market around $4 per million BTU. The producing companies have fully integrated this situation and we assist to a concentration around the most competitive explorers with costs below […]
Cronus to produce ammonia – urea in Tuscola – Illinois The Chicago-registered company Cronus Chemicals LLC (Cronus) has selected Tuscola in the State of Illinois to build a greenfield nitrogen fertilizer plant to produce ammonia and urea in USA. USA is the third largest consuming country of fertilizer in the world after China and India as […]
Westlake to expand Louisiana Lake Charles Ethylene While Westlake Chemical Corporation (Westlake) was celebrating the completion of its expansion in Calvert City, Kentucky, the Houston-based company announced a new project with the expansion of its historical Lake Charles ethylene plant in Louisiana, USA. Originally established in 1986 in Louisiana with a low density polyethylene plant […]
Yuhuang to invest $1.85 billion in St James Parish The Chinese Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Corporation Ltd (Shandong Yuhuang) has selected a site in St James Parish, Louisiana, to build its first overseas facilities under the name of Yuhuang Louisiana methanol project. Ranked among the top twenty five chemical group in China, Shandong Yuhuang is running $5 […]
Sasol HDPE relocated from Lake Charles to LaPorte The Swiss-based Ineos Group AG (Ineos) and the South African petrochemical company Sasol Ltd (Sasol) made the final investment decision (FID) in their joint venture to build a greenfield bimodal high density polyethylene (HDPE) in LaPorte,Texas USA. On early 2013, Sasol had confirmed its intention to move forward […]
Sabic mulls over world largest Oil-To-Chemicals project The world largest ethylene producer, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) is mulling over the design and construction of the world ever largest Oil-To-Chemical (OTC) complex in Saudi Arabia. In the same way as Saudi Aramco invested heavily these last years on the downstream activities, Sabic is considering again massive […]