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$17 billion Shell & Mitsubishi gas flare recovery in Iraq

Shell and Mitsubishi to gather gas from Basra oil fields The Iraq Government has given its nod to the natural gas exploration deal signed between Shell from the Netherlands and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation (Mitsubishi). The project, which requires capital expenditure of around $17.2 billion, was initially signed in 2008. The joint venture,  Basra Gas Company (BGC) is state-controlled […]

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Ma’aden rethinks its strategy for the $6 billion Phosphates city project

Ma’aden awards FEED and reconsiders PMC contracts Although the PMC contract for the Ma’aden Phosphate city project was intended to be awarded together with the FEED contract to Jacobs, Ma’aden has decided finaly to separate both contracts. Ma’aden Phosphate Company (MPC) is a joint venture with SABIC in which the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) owns 70% and SABIC 30%. The Al Khabra Project, […]

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Polyplex invests $150 million in Turkey for PET

Indian polyester leader Polyplex selects Turkey for expansion  Polyplex Corp. of India,  is the fourth largest producer of polyester film in the world. Polyplex and the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT) have jointly announced the decision for Polyplex to select Turkey to support its global expansion in to produce polyethylene terephthalate (PET). […]

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Statoil Dagny Jack-up drilling rig awarded to Maersk

Statoil validated concept for $4 billion Dagny and Eirin oil and gas fields development       Partners and actual interests in Dagny are split between:  – Statoil 58.5%  – ExxonMobil 33%  – Total 6.5%  – Det norske oljeselskap 2%. The final distribution of ownership interests will be subject to negotiations in the period leading up to […]

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$5 billion USGC Petrochemicals project for Chevron Phillips

Chevron Phillips to build two new Polyethylene units  In April, Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. (Chevron Phillips) confirmed to build two polyethylene facilities in Sweeny facility in Old Ocean, Texas, which is located in Brazoria County. The two polyethylene facilities planned are part of the company’s U.S. Gulf Coast (USGC) Petrochemicals Project. The Woodlands-based chemical company, Chevron […]

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The $33 billion Kuwait refineries projects on the move again

KNPC to pre-qualify EPCs for CFP and NRP projects Expected on June 13th, the state-owned oil refiner Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) has decided to postpone to July 4th the dead line for the engineering companies to submit their expression of interest (EOI) for the calls for tenders to be issued for the multiple engineering, procurement and construction […]

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