United Kingdom >> 4/27/2004 - BP announced today that it plans to consolidate the Olefins and Derivatives division of its petrochemicals business into a stand-alone entity able to operate separately from the BP Group. T... |
United Kingdom >> 4/2/2004 - BP announced today that it has agreed to sell its global special products business to H&R Wasag AG, a speciality chemicals group listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange. The deal follows H&R... |
South Africa >> 3/29/2004 - Sasol has successfully commissioned a R2,2 billion acrylics and acrylates complex at Sasolburg in South Africa and has started exporting product on the back of growing international demand. ... |
Egypt >> 3/10/2004 - Kuwait, March 10, 2004 - Eng. Sameh Fahmy Egypt’s minister of petroleum announced yesterday in Kuwait that Egypt and Kuwait have agreed to establish a $1billion petrochemical complex in Northern Egypt... |
South Africa >> 2/11/2004 - BP and Sasol Polymers have signed an agreement to license BP's Innovene polypropylene process technology for the expansion of Sasol's polypropylene facilities located in Secunda, Republic of South Afr... |
Qatar >> 1/20/2004 - Doha, January 20, 2004 – Qatar Petroleum and LG Engineering & Construction Corporation signed today the Engineering Procurement & Construction contract for the Linear Alkyl Benzene Project. ... |
Netherlands/Holland >> 1/9/2004 - The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (‘Shell’) announced today that, following internal reviews, some proved hydrocarbon reserves will be recategorised. The total non recurring recategorisation, ... |
Egypt >> 9/17/2003 - Under the patronage of His Excellency Atef Obeid, Prime Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the presence of H.E. Engineer Sameh Fahmi, the Minister of Petroleum, a join-venture agreement was si... |
Qatar >> 9/14/2003 - Qatar Petroleum and PetroWorld Ltd. of South Africa signed, today, a Heads of Agreement for the development of a Large Scale Fuel Grade Methanol Project. The signing ceremony, held at Qatar Petroleum’... |
United Arab Emirates >> 8/8/2003 - Total and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed on 8, August 2003 a memorandum of understanding for the development and construction of a melamine plant in Abu Dhabi by the jointly owned R... |
Qatar >> 5/30/2003 - Qatar will become one of the world's leading helium producers by 2010, with the launch of a $115m helium joint venture plant. It will be located at the Ras Laffan Industrial City, with Qatargas, RasG... |
Qatar >> 1/6/2003 - Doha, January 6, 2003 – Qatar Petroleum signed today a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and Project Management Consultancy (PMC) Contract for the Linear Alkyl Benzene Project with the UK-based Fost... |