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SABIC and Shell to invest in and beyond Saudi Arabia In November 2012, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Shell have decided to work on expansion opportunities of their joint venture Saudi Petrochemical Company (Sadaf). These expansion ambitions are not limited to the sole Saudi Arabia but should also aim at increasing positions in overseas markets. […]
Chemistry that matters Based in Ryadh, Saudi Arabia, SABIC stands for the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, one of the largest petrochemical companies in the world with 40,000 employees running operations in 40 countries. SABIC was established in 1976 by Royal Decree to develop the downstream industries in Saudi Arabia while Saudi Aramco was focusing on the […]
$50 billion of business opportunities in 250 projects On November 19th 2012, the Project Smart Explorer data base reports $50 billion of business opportunities within the 250 active projects in pursuit in the oil and gas and petrochemical industry. These business opportunities are related for: – $18 billion to Electrical products and systems (Switchgears, transformers, motors and generators, cables, lighting, power systems, etc…) – […]
Enriching lives through innovation With Headquarters in The Woodlands, on the north of Houston, Texas, USA, Huntsman is a chemical company listed in the New York Stock Exchange and operating 75 production units in 30 countries with about 12,000 employees. Jon Huntsman established the Huntsman Container Corporation in 1970 in Fullerton, California. At that time […]
Genel to export Kurdish Iraq natural gas to Turkey Genel Energy is considering a $2.5 billion gas central processing facility to turn Miran gas field into production. The Miran natural gas field is located in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq and had been awarded through a production sharing contract (PSC) by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) […]
Largest petrochemical company in Russia and CIS The Siberia Urals Petrochemical Company (SIBUR) was established by Decree as a joint-stock company in 1992. SIBUR was formed from multiple entities processing oil, gas and petrochemicals across Russia. In 2001, SIBUR was taken over by Gazprom to resolve debts reorganize the company. In 2008, Gazprom considered the petrochemical […]
Eni discoveries trigger debate on upstream localization In September 2012, the Italian national oil company Eni and its partners, Vitol from The Netherlands and the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC), made the first oil discovery in the Offshore Cape Three Point (OCPT) block in the Tano Basin about 50 kilometers offshore Ghana. The exploration and […]
IFP Energies Nouvelles sees CAPEX to grow by 13% Based in Paris, France, the Institut Français du Pétrole et de Energies Nouvelles (IFP Energies Nouvelles) published on October 8th its last survey about the capital expenditure in the exploration and production and in refining. Published every year this survey gives an overview of the main […]