Total to convert Antwerp naphtha cracker to ethane Total announced during investor day, that he will spend $1.5 billion capital expenditure to adapt its Antwerp refinery and petrochemical complex to the market conditions. With a capacity of 350,000 b/d, Antwerp is the second largest refinery in Europe and the largest in Total including: – 348,000 […]
ReadPetronas and Japex move on Iraq Gharraf phase 1 The Malaysian national oil company, Petronas, Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) and North Oil Company from Iraq, are moving one the first phase of the development of the Gharraf, or Garraf, oil and gas field in southern Iraq. Gharraf is the fifth largest oil field in Iraq with estimated 1 […]
ReadSaudi Aramco to upgrade Yanbu Lube Oil Refinery Saudi Aramco and Jadwa Investment have received the tenders from four engineering companies bidding on the expansion of Luberef Yanbu Lube Oil Refinery Expansion. The Saudi Aramco Lubricating Oil Refining Company (Luberef) is operating the lube oil refineries of Yanbu and Jeddah under the name of Saudi Aramco […]
ReadAbu Dhabi Chemical Company sets Tacaamol phase 1 Abu Dhabi Chemical Company (ChemaWeyaat) is planning to call for tender before the end of the year for the front end engineering and design (FEED) of the Tacaamol Aromatics project. Tacaamol is a joint venture between between ChemaWEaat and Abu Dhabi sovereign fund International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC). […]
ReadVersalis joins Basf, Itochu and PTT to partner in Rapid Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) completed in September a joint venture with the Italian company Versalis, the chemical branch of Eni for the refinery and petrochemical integrated development (RAPID) project in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia. With this partnership, Petronas and Versalis will design, develop and construct the elastomers […]
ReadPetrobras to build $3 billion Gas-to-Chemicals complex Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) from Brazil selected Foster Wheeler AG (Foster Wheeler) from Switzerland for a greenfield world-scale Gas-to-Chemical complex to be built at Linhares, in Esperito Santo State, southeast Brazil. Estimated around $3 billion capital expenditure, the Linhares Gas-to-Chemical complex is identified as UFN-IV, standing for the Unit of Nitrogen Fertilizer […]
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