
shale gas
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 […]
Anadarko and Eni to review Afungi LNG Park phases The Anadarko Petroleum Company (Anadarko) from USA and the national oil company (NOC) Eni from Italy are facing some delays in the implementation of the giant project for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be built at Afungi, in the northeastern province of Cabo Delgado in […]
Pertamina adds six platforms at West Madura Offshore The Indonesia national oil company (NOC) Pertamina and its partner Kodeco from South Korea, are ready to call for bid (CFB) six new platforms to expand the West Madura Offshore (WMO) project offshore East Java in Indonesia. Since the Indonesian Government set to Pertamina the goal to become […]
WorleyParsons awarded Invista Shanghai HMD project Invista selected WorleyParsons to provide engineering, procurement, construction management (EPCM) services for its hexamethylene diamine (HMD) project in the Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park in China. In the chemical chain, HMD stands as the precursor of nylon 6/6 resin then used for the production of nylon fibers and high performances […]
Technip still in the race for BP Mad Dog-2 concept The French engineering company Technip is still in the race for the concept to develop BP Mad Dog Phase 2 project offshore USA in the Gulf of Mexico. As part of strategic alliance between BP and Technip on the single point anchor reservoir (SPAR) concept, AMEC and […]
IPIC qualified bidders for Fujairah Refinery Phase-1 The Abu Dhabi-based International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) is preparing the call for tender for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract of the Fujairah Refinery Phase-1 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Established in 1984 by Abu Dhabi Government , IPIC has the mission to support energy projects outside […]
Koreans in pole position for Zubair Degassing Stations The South Korean engineering companies Daewoo Engineering and Construction, Hyundai Engineering and Construction and Samsung Engineering stand on the pole position to win from Eni and its partners the engineering, procurement and engineering (EPC) contracts for the degassing stations of the Zubair oil field development in the […]
Statoil and Husky to consider FPSO for Flemish Pass The Norwegian national oil company (NOC) Statoil ASA (Statoil) and the Canadian company Husky Energy Inc. (Husky) are accumulating crude oil discoveries in the Flemish Pass basin that could justify a development with a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel offshore the Newfoundland and Labrador […]