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ACC details US chemical rebound from abundant, affordable gas
May 20, 2013
Abundant, affordable US natural gas supplies resulted in 97 announced chemical and plastics projects totaling $71.7 billion in potential new investment, the American Chemical Council said in a recent report. |
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PROCESS SAFETY—1: Gas conditioning failures show need for design scrutiny
May 6, 2013
Review of certain oil and gas operations offers lessons on process safety to designers of gas conditioning. |
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Yasref awards Yanbu refinery, petchem contract
Apr 11, 2013
Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Co. Ltd. (Yasref) has awarded a 2-year engineering services to SNC-Lavilin Fayez Engineering for the refinery and petrochemical plant under construction at Yanbu on the Red Sea. The company is a Saudi Arabia-registered subsidiary of SNC-Lavilin, Montreal. |
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ONGC signs MOU for urea plant in Tripura
Apr 11, 2013
Oil & Natural Gas Corp. of India has signed a memorandum of understanding to enter the urea fertilizer business in a move that would boost development of natural gas it has discovered over the past 2 decades in Tripura. |
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Egyptian derivatives plant to get wastewater treatment plant
Mar 27, 2013
Egyptian Ethylene & Derivatives Co. (Ethydco), Cairo, has let a contract for water treatment at its petroleum derivatives plant in Alexandria to Aquatech, Canonsburg, Pa. |
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HPCL, Rajasthan sign MOU for refinery
Mar 14, 2013
Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. and the government of the Indian state of Rajasthan have signed a memorandum of understanding envisioning a refinery and petrochemical complex at Barmer, near oil fields producing and under development by Cairn India Ltd. |
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EPP plans Gulf Coast ethane system
Mar 13, 2013
Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPP) said shipper commitments support development of a 270-mile pipeline header system for delivery of ethane to US Gulf Coast petrochemical plants from the company’s storage complex at Mont Belvieu, Tex. |
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2012 ethylene production bounces back; turnarounds in early 2013 to curb output
Mar 4, 2013
With parts of European still struggling with sovereign debt problems and key members of the European Union reconsidering the benefits and disadvantages of further economic and political integration, the global economic outlook for US petrochemical producers in 2013 is a little brighter than 6 months ago (OGJ, Sept. 3, 2012, p. 90), due to continued growth in the use of ethane as the primary ethylene feedstock. |
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Study: Catalyst demand to reach $19.5 billion in 2016
Feb 19, 2013
Global demand for petroleum refining, chemical synthesis, and polymerization catalysts will rise 5.8%/year to $19.5 billion in 2016, according to World Catalysts, a new study from the Freedonia Group Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. |
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GUIDE TO WORLD CRUDES: Morvin field production prompts update to Aasgard Blend assay
Feb 4, 2013
Statoil late last year published an update to its 2010 assay of Aasgard Blend (OGJ, Apr. 4, 2011, p. 94). To the existing blend from Smorbukk, Smorbukk South, Midgard, Mikkel, Kristin, and Yttergryta fields, the update added production analysis for Morvin field. |
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Fitch: Unconventional gas production likely spur to US manufacturing
Jan 21, 2013
The ongoing shale boom and increasing use of hydraulic fracturing has comparative advantages that could drive US manufacturing growth, said Fitch Ratings analysts who believe low natural gas prices provide a competitive advantage for petrochemicals, steel, and other energy-intensive industries. |
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Dow restarts Taft 2 ethylene plant on schedule
Jan 14, 2013
Dow Chemical Co. said it restarted its Taft 2 ethylene plant near Hahnville, La., late last year, meeting its anticipated schedule as the company works to boost feedstocks from increasing US shale gas supplies. |
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GUIDE TO WORLD CRUDES: BP issues NWS condensate assay
Jan 7, 2013
Early last year, BP—whose subsidiary BP Developments Australia Pty. Ltd. holds an interest in the North West Shelf (NWS) venture off Australia—released a crude oil assay of the condensate produced in the massive project. |
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ExxonMobil starts up ethylene steam cracker in Singapore
Dec 28, 2012
ExxonMobil Corp. reported the startup operations of one of the world’s largest ethylene steam crackers, which is the centerpiece of the company’s multibillion dollar expansion project at its Singapore petrochemical complex. |
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IHS: Refinery, petchem construction costs flat in second half
Dec 27, 2012
Costs for designing and building refining and petrochemical plants were essentially unchanged from this year’s first quarter to its third quarter, according to the latest edition of the IHS Downstream Capital Costs Index. |
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