Engineering unit of China’s CNPC to build first refinery in Cambodia
Northeast Refining and Chemical Engineering Co.(CNPCNE) is scheduled to complete building the first phase of the project of 2 MMtpy, or about 40,000 bpd by 2018, Xinhua said.
May 5, 2016Continue reading...Abu Dhabi Said to Delay Building Fujairah LNG-Import Plant
Abu Dhabi is indefinitely delaying construction of the first land-based facility for importing liquefied natural gas into the United Arab Emirates after it contracted a floating supply terminal, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.
May 4, 2016Continue reading...Petrobras Boomtown Turns Desolate as Refinery's Billions Vanish
Located just 30 miles east of Rio de Janeiro’s bustling Copacabana beach, Itaborai looks like many oil boomtowns after the bust -- except the deserted stores and empty glass towers that loom over this town of 220,000 speak of some bigger cataclysm than the collapse of crude prices.
May 4, 2016Continue reading...EagleClaw Midstream Ventures Commissions Cryogenic Processing Plant in Reeves County, Texas
EagleClaw Midstream Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary of EagleClaw Midstream Services, LLC (“EagleClaw”), announced that the company has commissioned its Toyah I Natural Gas Processing Plant in Reeves County, Texas. The cryogenic plant has the capacity to process 60 million cubic feet (MMcf/d) of natural gas per day and serves producers in the Permian’s Delaware Basin targeting stacked pay zones including the Upper and Middle Wolfcamp, Bone Spring and Avalon shale formations. The Toyah I plant is served by approximately 120 miles of gathering pipeline and four field compressor stations with a total of 11,000 horsepower of low-pressure compression.
May 3, 2016Continue reading...Bechtel to license delayed coking technology at Assiut refinery in Egypt
The new delayed coking unit will be part of the $1.5B refinery modernization program, using Bechtel's proprietary ThruPlus coking technology to upgrade heavy oil into light hydrocarbon liquids.
May 3, 2016Continue reading...Air Liquide upgrades, expands Houston complex
The project included upgrades to four state-of-the-art, energy efficient cogeneration units to increase production capacity and extend the life of the units by more than 20 years.
May 2, 2016Continue reading...Chinese group plans first private mega-project for refining, chemicals
Rongsheng has partnered with local firms, including a state-owned chemical producer, to build the complex, which would include a 400,000-bpd refinery and a 1.4-MMtpy ethylene plant.
May 2, 2016Continue reading...Praxair to expand Louisiana carbon monoxide hub
The company will add a new, 13 million standard cubic feet/day carbon monoxide purification train at the site. Carbon monoxide is a raw material in the production of a range of specialty chemicals including those used to produce polyurethanes for the housing and auto industries.
April 27, 2016Continue reading...GE to provide wastewater treatment for Chinese coal-to-chemical plant
GE’s ZLD evaporator and crystallizer system will eliminate liquid discharge of waste and enable water reuse at the Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Co. coal-to-chemical plant in China.
April 27, 2016Continue reading...PDVSA launches tenders as Venezuelan refineries face operating woes
While Amuay's fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) restarted on Monday, the 645,000-bpd refinery was operating at only around 360,000 bpd as its flexicoker remained down. Meanwhile, The adjacent 310,000 bpd Cardon facility was processing around 110,000 bpd.
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