
Sinopec
CNOOC and Sinopec target Nexen and Talisman assets July 23rd 2012, the Chinese CNOOC Ltd (CNOOC) announced to have signed an Arrangement Agreement with Nexen for the acquisition of the Nexen shares listed in Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges. The aggregate value of the proposed acquisition is approximately $15.1 billion on the top of which […]
Fujairah builds the third world biggest oil storage hub The Strait of Hormuz is channelizing 35% of the global oil maritime traffic. In a context of increasing tension with the neighboring Iran, Fujairah in the UAE is developing one of the biggest oil storage and export terminal in the world. The storage capacity of the […]
Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo evaluate FEED tenders When Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo had created the joint venture PetroRabigh in 2005, this complex was designed as the biggest integrated refinery and petrochemical complex in the World. With a capacity of 400,000 b/d crude oil PetroRabigh has seen several upgrades and expansions. The Front end engineering and design […]
Sibur to provide Sinopec with patents and technologies China’s top refiner China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has signed an agreement with Russian petrochemical Group Sibur to establish a joint venture in Shanghai, China, to produce synthetic rubber. The joint venture will use patents and technologies from Sibur to produce nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) and isoprene rubber […]
Dow and Davy license LP Oxo℠ Technology to Shaanxi Yanchang n-Butanol project Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Yan’an Energy and Chemical Co., Ltd.( Yan’an Energy) belongs to Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co., Ltd. (Yanchang Petroleum), the fourth largest NOC in China. Yan’an Energy is planning to invest in a single integrated LP Oxo℠ plant, as part of Yanchang Petroluem Yan’an […]
Sinopec and Mitsui to create world largest EPT plant Shanghai Sinopec Mitsui Elastomers Co., Ltd. was established on 28 May 2012 to build an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPT) production plant in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park. The plant will use metallocene catalyst in its production. It will be the world’s largest and most advanced EPT production plant […]
$4 billion for first Brunei Refinery & Aromatics complex Zhejiang Hengyi Petrochemicals co.ltd (Zhejiang Hengyi) is the largest polyester fibers manufacturer in China. Founded in 1994 it is a privately owned company. Zhejiang Hengyi is planning to build an integrated refinery and petrochemical complex at Pulau Muara Besar in Brunei Darussalam with the country’s first aromatics production facilities, the chemical-fibers production units. […]
When the USA, led by companies like ExxonMobil or Chesapeake, decided to boost the development of shale gas, the world perceived it as a local matter to help this country to reduce its reliance on overseas production countries. Then in 2011, the USA have become already self sufficient in gas, much faster than expected. Until then, […]