INEOS licenses technology for new Turkmenistan petrochemical plant
The complex, which will be operated by Turkmengas, will include a 386,000 tpy line of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) using Innovene S technology alongside a 50,000 tpy black compounding line.
June 11, 2014Continue reading...Calumet becomes JV partner in commercial GTL project in Louisiana
The plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana, which is expected to be operational by late 2015, has a total estimated cost of $135 million. The brownfield plant will be owned and operated by Juniper GTL.
June 10, 2014Continue reading...Sasol, INEOS approve construction of new Texas polyethylene facility
INEOS will operate the new high-density polyethylene plant at its Battleground manufacturing complex in La Porte, Texas. Plant start-up is expected in the 2016 calendar year.
June 10, 2014Continue reading...Essar, MMG to collaborate on construction of Jazan refinery in Saudi Arabia
The agreement aligns with MMG’s restructuring plan and its new business model, focusing on core business units of skilled workforce, scaffolding, steel fabrication, camping/catering plus other services required by the construction industry, and Essar Projects’ goal to work in Saudi Arabia.
June 9, 2014Continue reading...UOP ships mobile refineries to dangerous oil areas
The first of these small, portable units will be built in a factory, sent by sea to Iraq and “plunked down” on a prepared foundation, said Rajeev Gautam, president of Honeywell’s oil and gas unit UOP.
June 9, 2014Continue reading...CB&I Awarded Front-End Engineering and Design Contract for the Development of the Goldboro LNG Project
CB&I announced it has been awarded a contract by Pieridae Energy (Canada) Ltd (Pieridae) for the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) of the Goldboro LNG project located at the Goldboro Industrial Park in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Under the FEED contract, CB&I will design and engineer two LNG liquefaction trains and associated facilities in preparation for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction phase.
June 4, 2014Continue reading...Linde, Siluria partner on ethylene technologies
Linde will license an optimized and integrated package to petrochemical producers for revamps or expansions at existing ethylene plants and for new world-scale plants.
June 4, 2014Continue reading...Nigeria plans $3.5-billion complex for methanol, urea, gas processing
The project will be the single largest private sector investment in the Niger Delta region, creating 15,000 jobs during the construction phase and over 5,000 permanent jobs upon completion.
June 2, 2014Continue reading...Petroperu advances Talara refinery modernization
Tecnicas Reunidas and Petroperu have signed for a lump-sum, turn-key (LSTK) contract for the Talara refinery in Talara, Peru, valued at $2.7 billion.
June 2, 2014Continue reading...Obama, EPA to propose two-tiered US regulation to limit carbon emissions
The EPA is counting on coal plants being operated more efficiently and states shifting to natural gas from coal to get modest cuts in the next four or five years, according to sources.
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