Dow and Fluor signed a Strategic EPC Agreement
Fluor Corp. (Fluor)announced to have signed a Strategic Global Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) and Construction Management Agreement with The Dow Chemical Company (Dow). This three-year...
View ArticlePCIC Europe
Definition: ”PCIC Europe” stands for the Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee in Europe. PCIC Europe was created in 2003 as the regional extension of PCIC North America, the Petroleum and...
View ArticlePCIC Europe Agenda ready for Prague Conference in June
The European Petroleum & Chemical Industry Committee (PCIC Europe) has finalized the agenda of the next Conference in Prague on June 19th – 21st. PCIC Europe is the premier European forum for the...
View ArticleConocoPhillips lists Phillips 66 to enhance Market Leadership
It is not every day that a Major company shakes up its Oil&Gas business model and introduce a new brand to re-position its strategy and consolidate its Market Leadership. But in July 2011,...
View ArticleENI and Novamont invest $1 billion in Matrica project
Versalis (ENI) and Novamont innovate with the Porto Torres bio-chemical complex Matrica Spa is a 50:50 joint venture between Versalis, previously called Polimeri Europa (the biggest Italian chemical...
View ArticleThyssenKrupp Uhde Chlore-Alkali Technology for AkzoNobel Expansion
AkzoNobel invests $180 million for 50% increase in Frankfurt Chloride and Caustic Soda facilities Caustic Soda is one of the most widely used chemicals in the industry. The increasing requirements in...
View ArticleCoal Gasification
Definition The coal gasification is a technology that converts coal into a synthesis gas (or syngas) that can then be used to produce chemicals or other products. The syngas produced from coal is...
View ArticleGE and Shenua join expertise for Cleaner Coal technology
Two leaders build energy Market Leadership with coal gasification Shenua Group (Shenua), from China, and GE, from USA, create the new GE Shenhua Gasification Technology Company Ltd., a 50-50 joint...
View Article$5 billion USGC Petrochemicals project for Chevron Phillips
Chevron Phillips to build two new Polyethylene units In April, Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. (Chevron Phillips) confirmed to build two polyethylene facilities in Sweeny facility in Old Ocean, Texas,...
View ArticlePolyplex invests $150 million in Turkey for PET
Indian polyester leader Polyplex selects Turkey for expansion Polyplex Corp. of India, is the fourth largest producer of polyester film in the world. Polyplex and the Investment Support and Promotion...
View ArticlePhosphate
Definition Phosphorus, in the form of phosphate (a salt of phosphoric acid) is mined from naturally occurring mineral deposits (phosphate rock) that were once sediments at the bottom of ancient seas....
View ArticleJacobs wins Dow and Saudi Aramco Sadara EPCM contract
Jacobs collects awards in Saudi Arabia giant projects In May, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs) had been awarded the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for the $6 billion Ma’aden Phosphate...
View ArticleCelanese to build Methanol plant in Houston to reduce Acetyl costs
Shale gas to help Celanese integration business model Celanese Corporation (Celanese) is a global technology and specialty materials company owning and operating a large acetyl complex at Clear Lake,...
View ArticleEpichlorohydrin
Definition 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...
View Article$500 million Al Jubail n-Butanol EPC contract at bidding stage
Saudi Kayan, Sabic, Saudi Aramco, Dow, Sahara and Tasnee aligned to tender EPC Contract In January 2011, Saudi Kayan Petrochemical had signed a deal for equal partnership to build a new n-butanol...
View ArticleBrownfield
Definition Brownfield refers to project of expansion or revamping or services on an existing facility By opposition greenfield is the common word to describe a new project. Comments In that respect a...
View ArticlePCIC Middle East Conference to take place with ADIPEC
Electrical and Instrumentation experts to meet in Abu Dhabi on November 12th &13th 2012 PCIC stands for the Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee. PCIC Middle East is the regional...
View Article“Methanol”
Definition Methanol is the contraction of Methyl Alcohol. Methanol may also be called, wood alcohol or wood spirit because it can be produced as a by-product of the wood distillation. Methanol is a...
View ArticleIneos Technologies for Rosneft’s VNHK Nakhodka project
Vostochnaya Neftechemicheskaya moves on Nakhodka petrochemical complex project ZAO Vostochnaya Neftechemicheskaya (VNHK) is fully owned OJSC NK ROSNEFT (Rosneft) company created in 2011 to develop a...
View ArticleNew blog category of information: One day – One Company
2B1st, we propose you a new category of information For months we run a blog and publish a Newsletter every day with three categories of information: - One day – One News - One day – One Project -...
View ArticleFoster Wheeler in brief
Global engineering and construction contractor and power equipment supplier Foster Wheeler had its headquarter in New York City, New Jersey, USA, until 2007 to relocate it in Geneva in Switzerland...
View ArticleInvista to expànd Nylon production in China with new Shanghai HMD plant
WorleyParsons awarded Invista Shanghai HMD project Invista selected WorleyParsons to provide engineering, procurement, construction management (EPCM) services for its hexamethylene diamine (HMD)...
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