Saudi Arabia >> 2/11/2012 - Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) have started negotiations with Trinidad and Tobago to build a $5.3 billion methanol complex there, SABIC said. ... |
Vietnam >> 2/10/2012 - SCG, QPI, PetroVietnam (PVN) and Vinachem jointly signed the “Joint Venture Agreement” to invest in Vietnam’s first petrochemicals complex, reaffirming commitment towards the $4.5 billion project. ... |
Kuwait >> 1/23/2012 - Kuwait's state-run Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) achieved profits worth KD 227 million (USD 814 million) at the end of 2011 - expected to reach KD 240 million (USD 861 million) by the end of ... |
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Algeria >> 1/22/2012 - Algeria is to restart its Adrar refinery within days after concluding a new contract with co-owner China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), Algerian energy officials said. A stoppage at the plant, along ... |
South Korea >> 1/18/2012 - UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that it has been selected by Samsung Total Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. to provide technologies for the production of key petrochemicals and high-quality diesel and... |
Vietnam >> 1/16/2012 - Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) will pick up a 25 percent stake in the $4-billion Long Son petrochemical project in Vietnam, a senior executive of the southeast Asian country's state oil and gas g... |
Saudi Arabia >> 1/11/2012 - Quality isn't achieved by accident; it's the result of high expectations, earnest efforts, clear direction and skillful execution, as well as wise decision-making regarding risks and rewards. ... |
China >> 1/10/2012 - BASF and SINOPEC today inaugurated the $1.4 billion second phase of their integrated petrochemical site in Nanjing, bringing crucial chemicals to the China market that will support the development of ... |
Saudi Arabia >> 1/8/2012 - State oil giant Saudi Aramco will sign a final deal next week to build a new 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) oil refinery in Yanbu with China's Sinopec Group, the company said. Aramco said the formal si... |
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Angola >> 1/4/2012 - Zambia plans to start importing refined petroleum products from neighouring Angola to lower the cost of fuel, an industry official said. Energy secretary George Zulu told Reuters oil-rich Angola was w... |
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Saudi Arabia >> 1/4/2012 - Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) reached a significant operational and financial milestone at midnight on December 31, 2011 with the successful completion of the Lenders Reliab... |
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Saudi Arabia >> 1/2/2012 - India has lifted an anti-dumping duty imposed on polypropylene imported from Saudi Arabian suppliers, including Saudi Basic Industries Corp., the world’s biggest petrochemical maker. The change is eff... |
Kazakhstan >> 12/30/2011 - Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract for the Atyrau Refinery (owned by KazMunayGas) Modernization Project Phase 3 in Kazakhstan as part of a conso... |
Iraq >> 12/22/2011 - KBR announced that it has been awarded a contract by First Global Company to revamp the North Fertilizer Plant in Baiji, Iraq. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a license for its propr... |
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Libya >> 12/19/2011 - Libya's National Oil Company (NOC) has delayed plans to restart its largest refinery at Ras Lanuf by at least a month, a senior source told Reuters, as the plant remains cut off from a steady supply o... |
Saudi Arabia >> 12/14/2011 - Mohamed Al-Mady, SABIC Vice Chairman and CEO and Chairman of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association, has expressed optimism over 2012 being another positive year for the region’s petrochem... |
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Egypt >> 12/13/2011 - Drake & Scull Water and Power L.L.C (DSWP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Drake & Scull International (DSI) PJSC, a regional market leader in integrated design, engineering and construction disciplines... |
Namibia >> 12/12/2011 - Iranian minister of petroleum, Rostam Qasemi, stressed on cooperation in oil sector with Namibia during a meeting with the African country’s foreign minister Utoni Nujoma and mines and energy minister... |
India >> 12/8/2011 - Essar Energy plc, the India-focused integrated energy company, announced that its subsidiary Essar Oil Ltd has successfully commissioned a new isomerisation (ISOM) unit at its Vadinar refinery in Guja... |
Saudi Arabia >> 12/7/2011 - Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (Chevron Phillips Chemical) congratulates Saudi Polymers Company (SPCo) and its joint venture partner, National Petrochemical Company, on completion of constructi... |