MEGlobal to build new MEG plant by 2019 at Dow Chemical’s Texas hub
The new Oyster Creek MEG facility will be owned by MEGlobal and is the company’s first manufacturing unit in the US. The new MEGlobal plant will create 1,400 construction jobs at the project’s peak, and the company will employ approximately 50 new workers when it goes on stream in mid-2019.
March 22, 2016Continue reading...Aruba refinery to begin hiring workers in April for plant repairs, upgrade
A team of Citgo technicians has been working since 2015 on a plan to restart and upgrade the plant. Catalysts used at Aruba's hydrodesulfurization unit (HDS) were removed several weeks ago.
March 22, 2016Continue reading...Shell, CNOOC take final decision to expand China petrochemicals plant
The project includes the ongoing construction of a new ethylene cracker and ethylene derivatives units, which will increase ethylene capacity by more than 1 MMtpy.
March 22, 2016Continue reading...KBR Wins Multi-Phased Contract for Front-End Engineering and Design for Woodfibre LNG Project
KBR, Inc. announced it has been awarded a multi-phased contract for Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) for the Woodfibre Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project. The Woodfibre LNG Project is located in the District of Squamish near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
March 21, 2016Continue reading...CB&I Announces Storage Tank Award in Canada
CB&I (NYSE:CBI) Monday announced it has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $50 million by a major energy infrastructure company for the engineering, procurement and construction of twelve storage tanks in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
March 21, 2016Continue reading...Saudi Arabia leaves US shale-processing plants to Shell in Motiva split
The refineries in Port Arthur, Texas, and Convent, Louisiana, had been growing apart for several years before the companies recently announced plans to split ownership.
March 21, 2016Continue reading...Saudi Aramco, Shell plan to break up Motiva refining venture in US
Under the terms of a non-binding letter of intent, Saudi Aramco will take over the Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, the biggest in the US, retain 26 distribution terminals as well as the Motiva name.
March 17, 2016Continue reading...Total, NPC sign deal for Iran petrochemicals plant
The complex will include a world-scale steam cracker unit in the coastal area. It will be based on a combination of feedstocks comprised of ethane, naphtha and LPG, as well as other available feed.
March 17, 2016Continue reading...Rosneft looks to close Indian refinery deal by June
Sechin met Essar Oil officials during his visit and said that Rosneft hopes to conclude a deal to buy a 49% stake in the 400,000-bpd Vadinar refinery in western India by the end of June.
March 16, 2016Continue reading...ExxonMobil shelves plans to expand Beaumont refinery
ExxonMobil has put on hold a plan to add a third crude distillation unit at its Beaumont, Texas, refinery, Reuters reports.
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