Sibur to provide Sinopec with patents and technologies China’s top refiner China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has signed an agreement with Russian petrochemical Group Sibur to establish a joint venture in Shanghai, China, to produce synthetic rubber. The joint venture will use patents and technologies from Sibur to produce nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) and isoprene rubber […]
ReadFoster Wheeler, Jacobs, KBR, Mustang and SNC Lavalin signed GES+ contracts with Saudi Aramco Saudi Aramco’s General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) initiative requires that the majority of its engineering services requirements be conducted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in order to enhance the development of training and domestic employment opportunities. With the GES+ initiative, […]
ReadFujairah refinery, a strategic project for the UAE International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) is moving ahead with the crude oil refinery project to be located at Fujairah, UAE. The Fujairah refinery, should have a capacity of 10.0 million t/y or 200,000 b/d. IPIC estimated the capital expenditure at $ 3 billion. The Fujairah refinery project should be […]
ReadDefinition GES+ is the acronym of General Engineering Services Plus. General Engineering Services Plus is an initiative led by Saudi Aramco to increase the local content of the engineering activities in Saudi Arabia Comments Saudi Aramco’s General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) initiative requires that the majority of its engineering services requirements be conducted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in order […]
ReadGazprom to study underground gas storage in China Last May, China and Russia had terminated lengthy negotiations on their natural gas trading prices to drive the constructions of multiple gas pipelines between the two countries. China had made its best efforts to increase its offer from $0.235 per cm to $0.250 while Russia was ready to accept $0.300 per cm instead of $0.350. But the […]
ReadDefinition Epichlorohydrin (ECH or EPI) is a highly reactive chemical intermediate. In its pure form, it is a clear, colorless liquid. The presence of both an epoxide ring and a chlorine atom in the molecule allows epichlorohydrin to readily undergo a variety of chemical reactions with many types of compounds. This versatility earns its wide use […]
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