France: Total’s La Mede refinery to partly run on palm oil May 18, 2018 // 0 Comments France allowed a limited use of palm oil at Total’s new La Mede biofuel refinery on Wednesday. French farmers condemned [...]
Ravago/Adnoc to build compounding facility in UAE May 16, 2018 // 3 Comments Belgian chemicals firm Ravago Group has signed an MOU with state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) to build and [...]
ADNOC to invest US$ 45 bn to create world’s largest, most advanced integrated refining and petrochem hub May 16, 2018 // 4 Comments UAE-headquaretered Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has unveiled plans to invest US$45 billion or AED 165 billion, [...]
Hyundai/Lotte Chemical to build US$2.5 bn petchem complex in Korea May 14, 2018 // 1 Comment South Korea’s major refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. and petrochemical firm Lotte Chemical Corp. are to tie-up to build a heavy [...]
Total signs US$1.4 bn deal with Sonatrach in Algeria May 14, 2018 // 1 Comment French oil and gas major Total has signed a US$1.4 billion deal with Sonatrach to build a 550,00-tonne/year polypropylene [...]
PTT eyeing buy of US$1bn oil or gas asset May 7, 2018 // 2 Comments BANGKOK: Thailand’s PTT Exploration & Production Pcl is prepared to spend as much as US$1 billion on an overseas [...]
Ophir to buy Southeast Asian assets from Santos for US$205 mn May 4, 2018 // 5 Comments Ophir Energy, an independent upstream oil and gas exploration and production company listed on the London Stock Exchange, [...]
Shell/CNOOC start up 2nd ethylene cracker in China May 3, 2018 // 3 Comments Dutch firm Shell’s subsidiary Shell Nanhai BV and China National Offshore Oil Corp’s 50-50 joint venture, CNOOC [...]
Sabic/ExxonMobil set up jv for Gulf coast venture May 2, 2018 // 1 Comment Riyadh-headquartered chemicals firm Sabic and US-based oil/gas company ExxonMobil have created a new joint venture to [...]
Plastics manufacturer saves money by switching to ExxonMobil’s hydraulic oil April 30, 2018 // 4 Comments Oil/gas company ExxonMobil helped Kotronis Plastics make an annual saving of more than €17,000 by switching its Sumitomo [...]