China's environmental leader suspends approvals for new refining projects
China National Petroleum Corp. didn't meet its chemical oxygen demand target and China Petrochemical Corp. didn't meet its nitrogen oxide target, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said in a statement on its website. The targets refer to pollution from CNPC and Sinopec's refineries.
August 29, 2013Continue reading...India's Reliance mulls expanded role in Venezuela
Venezuela is looking for Reliance's collaboration on the construction of the $10 billion Cabruta refinery, development of the Junin 1 bloc in the Orinoco heavy oil belt, as well as an expansion of the Petroanzoategui upgrader facility, said Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez, who also heads PdVSA.
August 29, 2013Continue reading...Shell seeks ethane bids for proposed Pennsylvania cracker plant
Shell Oil Co. is seeking ethane suppliers for its proposed petrochemical complex in western Pennsylvania.
August 28, 2013Continue reading...Iraq seeks consultant to manage Nassiriya oil, refining project
The December auction is scheduled to include firms such as France's Total, Russia's Lukoil, India's Reliance Industries and ONGC Videsh and several from Japan.
August 27, 2013Continue reading...Jacobs to design new Brazil chlorine dioxide plant
Under terms of the contract, Jacobs is designing and engineering the plant, supplying key equipment and materials including Jacobs’ proprietary Chemetics equipment, and providing technical services for plant erection, operator training, commissioning and testing. Financials weren't disclosed.
August 27, 2013Continue reading...Technip wins FEED work on US LNG export project
The potential expansion project includes a LNG liquefaction plant, with a total export capacity of up to 15 Mtpy, so that a portion of the vast additional supplies of natural gas produced from shale gas fields across the US can be exported to international markets. Financial terms were not disclosed.
August 27, 2013Continue reading...India signs energy cooperation deal with Iraq for refining, oil exploration
Iraq is eager to boost oil supplies to India, one of the largest oil consumers, in the face of shrinking demand from the US, which has been getting more of its oil and gas from domestic shale deposits.
August 26, 2013Continue reading...Linde to build world’s largest CO2 purification and liquefaction plant
The technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a contract to build the world’s largest carbon dioxide (CO2) purification and liquefaction plant for Jubail United Petrochemical Company (UNITED), a manufacturing affiliate of SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation). The plant will be located in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia.
August 22, 2013Continue reading...Rosneft, ExxonMobil line up contractors at Russian Far East LNG project
Capacity of the LNG project to be located on Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East is expected to be 5 million tpy, subject to further expansion. The liquefaction plant, the launch of which is scheduled for 2018, will receive natural gas from Rosneft’s reserves in the Far East and other Sakhalin gas reserves.
August 22, 2013Continue reading...Technip, Sasol launch engineering alliance for GTL
Technip and Sasol said the alliance, which builds on existing relationships, aims to achieve strong capital productivity through the highest standards of HSE, operability, accelerated innovation and reduced project cycle times. The deal also allows for Technip’s participation during GTL execution stages.
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