Keyword: Petrochemicals

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PetroChina Fushun Refinery to Add Ethylene Unit in October

13.07.2012 - PetroChina will bring a new 800,000-ton-per-year (tpy) ethylene unit on stream at its Fushun refinery in October, bringing total ethylene capacity at the refinery to 1.0 million...

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Thai PTTGC Plans $11 Billion Capex by 2020

05.07.2012 - Thailand's largest petrochemicals maker PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) plans to invest $11 billion by 2020 to expand production capacity, with a focus on high-margin speciality and...

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Linde to Built LAO Plant for NKNH

04.07.2012 - Linde Engineering, a division of the Linde Group, is set to build a new Alpha-Sablin plant for the production of linear alpha olefins (LAO) in Nizhnekamsk, Russian Federation...

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GS, Saipem Win Saudi Petrochemical Deals

26.06.2012 - South Korean group GS Engineering & Construction and Italy's Saipem have won deals to expand a petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia for oil giant Saudi Aramco and Japan's Sumitomo...

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Linde Receives Sibur Engineering Contract for Ethylene Plant

21.06.2012 - Technology company The Linde Group has received an engineering contract for the licensing and front end engineering design (FEED) of one of the world's largest ethylene plants in...

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CNOOC Starts Building $1.6 Billion Taizhou Crude Facility

18.06.2012 - CNOOC, China's third-largest state-run refiner, has started building a 60,000-barrel-per-day crude processing facility in eastern China, to boost its still nascent refining and...

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Aramco, Dow Petchem JV Picks Banks for Project Sukuk

12.06.2012 - Sadara, the $20 billion petrochemical joint venture between oil giant Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical, picked four banks to manage the Islamic bond, or sukuk, portion of its multi...

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Exxon Mobil Says May Export LNG from the U.S.

05.06.2012 - Exxon Mobil, the world's largest publicly traded energy company, is considering exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States, CEO Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday. The...