OIL & GAS INDUSTRY UPDATE

HEADLINES

October 4, 2013

 

Listed by most current date.

 

Enbridge Planning $1 Bln Norlite Pipeline to Boost Oil Sands Growth  (Project Dated: 10/4/2013)

 

KBR Selected to Provide Materials Management at Alberta Oil Sands Project  (Contract Dated: 10/4/2013)

 

Alberta Issues Environmental Protection Order for Primrose Oilsands Project  (Article Dated: 10/4/2013)

 

Oil Sands Mines Face Growing Challenges as Supply Costs Rise  (Article Dated: 10/3/2013)

 

Warren Buffett Invests in Oil Sands Producer Suncor  (Investment Dated: 10/3/2013)

 

Energy Industry Wants to Use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Monitor Pipelines  (Article Dated: 10/3/2013)

 

Sunshine Oilsands Signs JV while West Ells Work Slows Down  (Joint Venture Dated: 10/3/2013)

 

Suncor Begins Planned Maintenance on Upgraders  (Project Dated: 10/3/2013)

 

U.S. Refiners Have Stopped Caring Whether Keystone XL Gets OK’d  (Article Dated: 10/3/2013)

 

British-German-Korean Consortium to Build Petrochemical Plant in Kazakhstan  (Project Dated: 10/2/2013)

 

Honeywell's UOP Selected to Provide Technology For Petrochemical Production In China  (Article Dated: 10/2/2013)

 

SABIC to Shut Naphtha Cracker in Netherlands for Maintenance as Part of Upgrade  (Article Dated: 10/1/2013)

 

Taiwan May Loosen Restrictions on Investment in China Petrochemical Projects  (Article Dated: 10/1/2013)

 

SIBUR and BASF Sign onto Project to Supply Additives for Polymer Production and Processing  (Agreement Dated: 10/1/2013)

 

BASF Plans to Build Polyurethane Systems House in Geismar, LA  (Plans Dated: 10/1/2013)

 

Pemex and Mexichem Form JV for more Competition in the Domestic Petrochemical Global Market  (Joint Venture Dated: 10/1/2013)

 

Mitsui Chemicals Forms New JV in India for Bio-polyol  (Joint Venture Dated: 10/1/2013)

 

Arkema Moving Forward with New Refrigerant Fluorinated Gas Plant Construction  (Project Dated: 10/1/2013)

 

Bangladesh Petrochemical Company Collaborates with DEFTA Partners  (Agreement Dated: 10/1/2013)

 

Graham Corp Awarded $7.5 Mln in Orders Primarily for U.S. Petrochemical Market  (Order Dated: 10/1/2013)

 

Kazanorgsintez to Shut HDPE Capacities for Scheduled Maintenance  (Article Dated: 10/1/2013)

 

Chevron Receives Air Permits for USGC Petrochemical Project  (Project Dated: 9/30/2013)

 

Nigeria's Largest Oil Refinery to Include Petrochemical and Fertilizer Complex  (Project Dated: 9/30/2013)

 

Slovnaft to Invest EUR 300 Mln into Plastics Production    (Project Dated: 9/30/2013)

 

Siam Cement Group Proceeds with Vietnam Petchem Complex  (Project Dated: 9/30/2013)

 

China Stepping Up Investments in Downstream Coal to Chemicals Projects  (Article Dated: 9/30/2013)

 

Venezuela Chemical Production Slows Amid Mounting Debts  (Article Dated: 9/30/2013)

 

KBR Extends Services Contract with DuPont for Construction and Maintenance Services  (Contract Dated: 9/30/2013)

 

Toyo Engineering Wins Contract from PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical to Expand its Naphtha-cracking Plant  (Contract Dated: 9/30/2013)

 

Rosneft in Talks with Belneftekhim Concerning Gas Supply for Belarus Refineries  (Project Dated: 9/30/2013)

 

Lukoil Resumes Petrochemical Processing at Karpatneftekhim  (Article Dated: 9/30/2013)

 

Wuhan Petrochemical Restarts HDPE Plant in China  (Article Dated: 9/30/2013)

 

Thailand and Vietnam Conduct Feasibility Study for a $30 Bln Petrochemical Refinery Project  (Study Dated: 9/27/2013)

 

Sasol Chooses Emerson to Automate Planned Louisiana Cracker, GTL Complex  (Project Dated: 9/27/2013)

 

KBR to Study Proposed Upgrade to ToAZ Ammonia Complex in Russia  (Study Dated: 9/27/2013)

 

Sasol, INEOS to Develop New U.S. Plant for High-density Polyethylene  (Project Dated: 9/27/2013)

 

Valero to Build Up to $700 Mln Methanol Plant Adjacent to Louisiana Refinery  (Project Dated: 9/27/2013)

 

Germany's Linde to Build Big Saudi Carbon Capture-and-Use Plant  (Plans Dated: 9/27/2013)

 

Sinopec Ethylene Plant Comes Onstream  (Article Dated: 9/27/2013)

 

Rotary Engineering Wins $200 Mln Worth of EPC Contracts  (Contract Dated: 9/27/2013)

 

Dow Selects Foster Wheeler for Plaquemine EPCm Contract  (Contract Dated: 9/26/2013)

 

Albemarle Starts up New Metallocene Catalysts Plant in South Korea  (Project Dated: 9/26/2013)

 

Aither Chemicals LLC to Build $750 Mln WV Cracker Plant  (Project Dated: 9/26/2013)

 

Methanex to Help Develop Renewable Fuel in Europe with $5 Mln Initial Investment  (Investment Dated: 9/26/2013)

 

States Worry That Federal Action Could Limit Their Control of Chemicals  (Article Dated: 9/26/2013)

 

Taiyo Oil Selects UOP Technology to Improve Flexibility at Japan’s Shikoku Petrochemical Plant  (Project Dated: 9/26/2013)

 

Iran Preparing to Launch Four Petrochemical Projects  (Project Dated: 9/26/2013)

 

Gas Leaks Delay Angola LNG Plant Shutdown to Mid-September    (Plans Dated: 9/23/2013)

 

Technip Wins FEED Contract for Potential Expansion of Lake Charles  (Contract Dated: 9/23/2013)

 

Trelleborg and Saipem Launch LNG Tandem Offloading System  (Article Dated: 9/23/2013)

 

Trinidad Drilling to Construct New Rig for BC Canada LNG Project  (Contract Dated: 9/23/2013)

 

ACD to Deliver LNG Pump Systems to DSME, South Korea  (Article Dated: 9/20/2013)

 

Finland's Gasum Sees EU's LNG Terminal Funding Decision No Earlier than 2014  (Project Dated: 9/20/2013)

 

Woodside Approves FLNG for Browse, Australia  (Project Dated: 9/20/2013)

 

 

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