Archive for the ‘Refining’ Category

Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co. has let a contract to a China-based joint-venture of John Wood Group PLC to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for a 1 million-tonne/year ethylene expansion project at its 240,…

Unipetrol RPA SRO-Rafinerie, the refining arm of Unipetrol AS and parent company Polski Koncern Naftowy SA (PKN Orlen), has let a contract to McDermott International Inc. to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management services for a u…

Ineos is planning to double the size of subsidiary Ineos Oxide’s proposed ethylene oxide and ethylene oxide derivatives plant to be built somewhere along the US Gulf Coast. Part of Ineos’ plan to address a fast-growing EO merchant market as well as the…

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Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. subsidiary Port Harcourt Refining Co. has let a contract to Maire Tecnimont subsidiaries to provide services as part of the first leg of a long-planned rehabilitation project at the Port Harcourt refining complex—which…

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released a report on Mar. 20 that recommends improved routine and emergency air monitoring at major refineries and in nearby communities in the state.

Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. Ltd. (Borouge), a joint venture of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and Borealis AG, has let a contract to WorleyParsons to provide project management consultancy for the proposed expansion of Borouge’s integrated polyolefins complex i…

Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. Ltd. (Borouge), a joint venture of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and Borealis AG, has let a contract to WorleyParsons to provide project management consultancy for the proposed expansion of Borouge’s integrated polyolefins complex i…

The joint venture of Fluor and TechnipFMC has completed delivery of engineering, procurement, and construction management services on Sasol’s long-planned Lake Charles Chemicals Project, an integrated ethane cracker and downstream derivatives in Westla…

Irkutsk Polymer Plant, a subsidiary of Irkutsk Oil Co., has let a contract to McDermott International Inc. to provide basic engineering and technology licensing for a grassroots ethylene plant in Ust-Kut, in East Siberia’s Irkutsk region.