Gunvor sees refinery closures in Southern Europe on weakening demand
A reduction in European capacity of 1 million to 2 million bpd is possible, David Fyfe, Gunvor's global head of market research and analysis, said in an interview at the Global Energy conference in Geneva.
December 5, 2013Continue reading...Honeywell to automate, provide FEED work on new mega-refinery in Kuwait
With a planned capacity of 615,000 bpd, the new Al Zour refining complex being built in southern Kuwait will be Kuwait’s fourth refinery and the largest refinery in the entire Middle East.
December 4, 2013Continue reading...Eni sees Mozambique struggling to meet 2018 deadline on LNG plants
Eni sees Mozambique, its planned base for African output, struggling to meet a 2018 deadline to build plants allowing the country to ship liquefied natural gas.
December 3, 2013Continue reading...Shell floats hull for massive Prelude FLNG facility
Once complete, Prelude FLNG will be the largest floating facility ever built. It will unlock new energy resources offshore and produce approximately 3.6 million tpy of LNG to meet growing demand.
December 3, 2013Continue reading...Foster Wheeler wins engineering work in Chile for new molybdenum refinery
Foster Wheeler will undertake detailed engineering and provide procurement assistance and field engineering services for the new refinery, which is planned to process and refine 16,000 tpy of molybdenum feedstock and yield molybdenum as well as copper, rhenium and sulfuric acid as by-products.
December 3, 2013Continue reading...CB&I Announces Contract For U.S. Ethylene Plant
CB&I announced it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $1 billion by Ingleside Ethylene LLC, a joint venture between Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem), a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY), and Mexichem, S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexichem) for the engineering, procurement and construction of an ethane cracker and associated utilities and offsites to be located at OxyChem's complex in Ingleside, Texas.
December 2, 2013Continue reading...German chemical sector targets US for investment
German companies invested €3.2bn in new chemical plants or expansions in the US a year ago, up 54% from the prior year. The US now accounts for 41% of foreign investments, up from 28% in 2005.
November 27, 2013Continue reading...Jacobs Awarded Contract from QGC
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced it has been awarded a contract from QGC, part of BG Group plc, a world leader in natural gas. QGC is one of the major proponents in the rapidly developing coal seam gas (CSG) to liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry in Australia.
November 26, 2013Continue reading...Sasol taps Technip for FEED on Louisiana GTL plant
Sasol announced Monday that it has selected Technip as the primary contractor for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase of its proposed gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility in Westlake, Louisiana.
November 26, 2013Continue reading...Petrofac, Daelim to help expand key Oman refinery
The refinery was originally constructed and commissioned in 2006 and ORPIC is now investing in improvements at the site to enhance the current production capacity. When work from Petrofac and Daelim is complete, it is anticipated that the revamped facility will boost current output by over 70%.
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