Reaching new frontiers Sasol was established in Sasolburg in South Africa in 1950 to develop on industrial basis the Coal-To-Liquids (CTL) technology as this country is rich of coal and many other resources but holds limited oil and gas conventional fields. Sasol started up the first CTL plant in 1955 to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals. […]
ReadSasol to prioritize US GTL on Canada GTL project In a press conference in Louisiana, Sasol’s chief executive officer, David Constable, confirmed the decision of the board to move on the front end engineering and design (FEED) stage of the first Gas-To-Liquids (GTL) project to be built in USA. To be located in its site […]
ReadThe world leader in gases for industry Air Liquide was founded in France in 1902 from two scientists and inventors who got the idea to liquefied air to separate the gases and produce oxygen. Today, Air Liquide is operating in 80 countries with 46,200 employees but still focusing on the air separation for all industries […]
ReadAfter Logika, Air Liquide takes over Lentechgas November 2012, Air Liquide completes the acquisition of Lentechgas, in Saint Petersburg, few months after Logika in Moscow. This decision is part of Air Liquide program to invest $1.3 billion in 10 years in Russia, either for acquisition either for new plants. Air Liquide put a special attention […]
ReadBechtel and Fluor to share Phosphates PMC contracts The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) made the final decision regarding the project management consultancy (PMC) contracts to be awarded for the $6 billion capital expenditure for the Phosphate City project. Maaden is planning the Phosphate City project in the north of Saudi Arabia to debottleneck its Al […]
ReadSabic to expand petrochemical capacities in USA The Ryadh-based Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic), may join BASF, ChevronPhillips, Dow Chemical (Dow), Enterprise Products Partners (Enterprise), ExxonMobil, Evonik, Occidental Petroleum, Sasol, Shell, to increase its petrochemical foot print in USA to benefit from the low costs feedstock provided by the shale gas. Speaking at the Gulf […]
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