Technip awarded contract by NCRA for a hydrogen plant in Kansas (USA)
Technip, in consortium with its construction partner Performance Contractors Inc., was awarded a contract by the National Cooperative Refinery Association (NCRA(1)). This contract covers supply of Technip’s proprietary reforming technology, as well as EPCI(2) of the No. 2 hydrogen plant equipment at NCRA’s refinery in McPherson, Kansas.
August 20, 2013Continue reading...Honeywell To Supply Control Systems For New Process Plants At Russian Refinery
Honeywell announced that Antipinsky Refinery CJSC will use Honeywell's Experion(R) Process Knowledge System (PKS) to control plant processes and general refinery facilities as part of the third stage of construction of the Antipinsky Refinery in Tyumen, Russia.
August 20, 2013Continue reading...LSB lets contract for new Arkansas ammonia plant
LSB Industries reached an agreement with SAIC Constructors to build a 375,000 tpy ammonia plant at an LSB site in El Dorado, Arkansas. The deal provides for SAIC to provide certain engineering services and to manage the construction of the ammonia plant and associated facilities.
August 16, 2013Continue reading...Thailand's PTT begins feasibility study on potential mega refinery in Vietnam
The refinery, with a capacity of 660,000 bpd and a price tag of between $25 billion and $30 billion, would be built in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh. PTT has chosen McKinsey, Foster Wheeler and IHS as advisors for the project, it said, adding that the refinery would be operational from 2020.
August 16, 2013Continue reading...China Approves First Floating Terminal for LNG Imports
China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) said it had won final government approval to build China's first floating terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG), a type of terminal that will allow it to increase imports rapidly
August 15, 2013Continue reading...Uganda sees first oil refinery on stream by 2018
The refinery, located in Hoima district, some 130 miles west of the capital Kampala, will supply refined petroleum products to the domestic market, as the country seeks to slash its imports bill and become self-sufficient in fuel products. The refining project is expected to cost $2 billion.
August 15, 2013Continue reading...Mexico unveils plan to overhaul oil, gas industry
Mexico moved to end the country's 75-year-old monopoly on oil and gas production, potentially opening up some of the world's biggest remaining untapped oil reserves to private companies and setting the stage for a new energy boom on the US doorstep.
August 14, 2013Continue reading...Global LNG spending to double in next five years
The increase in capital expenditures includes onshore and offshore projects to liquefy gas for export, import terminals to regasify LNG and LNG carriers for transporting the fuel. By region, Australasia and North America are expected to bring most of the new supply to market.
August 13, 2013Continue reading...Siemens receives orders for three LNG plants in China
Siemens Energy has received orders for the compressor trains for three LNG (liquefied natural gas) plants in China for liquefying synthetic natural gas.
August 12, 2013Continue reading...Honeywell to Improve Operational Flexibiliy at Key Petrochem Plant in Japan
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that it has been selected by Taiyo Oil Co. Ltd. to supply technology and catalysts to improve operational flexibility and increase petrochemical production at Taiyo's Shikoku Operations in Ehime, Japan.
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