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  • 20 July 2010

    Foster Wheeler to Service Norway’s Kårstø Project

    Foster Wheeler will provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services to support the development of the Kårstø oil and gas processing plant in Norway through to 2013. The framework agreement, which...

  • 18 May 2010

    Sinopec to Raise Funds for Refinery Upgrades

    China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) is considering selling about 43bn yuan ($6.3bn) of bonds to fund the upgrade of refineries and petrochemical plants. Sinopec senior vice-president Zhang Jianhua told...

  • 8 March 2010

    Sinopec Mulls ExxonMobil, Aramco Joint Venture

    Sinopec is considering a joint venture with ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco to build an oil refinery with the capacity to process 12 million tonnes of crude per year. The project...

  • 21 December 2009

    Sipchem Completes Acetyls Complex Full Operation

    The Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) has completed the last step for full operation of the acetyls complex with the start-up of its vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant in its...

  • 9 November 2009

    Pemex Signs Raw Material Supply Deal

    Mexican state oil company Pemex has signed an agreement with a consortium led by Brazil's Braskem to supply raw materials for a proposed petrochemicals plant in Mexico. According to the...

  • 9 September 2009

    Sinopec to Double Fujian Refinery Capacity

    Sinopec has announced its plans to double the refining capacity of its joint venture company Fujian Refining & Petrochemical in China at an estimated cost of ¥24bn ($3.51bn). Expansion plans...

  • 27 May 2009

    CNOOC Takes Delivery of LNG Shipment from Indonesia

    CNOOC has received delivery of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipment from Indonesia in the southern area of Fujian province. Under a 25-year contract signed by CNOOC and Indonesia,...

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