Abundant shale natural gas reserves in the United States are expected to keep petrochemical producers in North America well stocked with inexpensive ethane for the next decade, according to the just-launched Platts Petrochemical Analytics: ...
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Prosafe has signed a contract with BP Exploration Operating Company Limited (‘BP’) for the Safe Caledonia to provide accommodation support at the Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) in the UK sector of the North Sea. ETAP is ...
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Co., Ltd. (MHI-MME), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has received orders from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) of Korea for four Ultra Steam Turbine ...
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HARKAND has increased its presence in the burgeoning Asia Pacific region by securing a clutch of multi-million dollar contracts for execution in 2013/14. Under a deal with PTSC Offshore Services, the ROV support vessel Harkand Harmony has ...
Precyse Technologies, a leading pioneer of wireless Remote Entity Awareness and Control systems for managing high-value physical assets and personnel, announced today their intrinsically safe certification (Class I, Division 1) for three ...
Recently, Changyi Petrochemical performed an internal audit on its quality management system to examine its effectiveness and find opportunities for improvement. The audit involved all production and sales departments and processes ...
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Scottish oil and gas sales to the rest of Britain and international markets are estimated to be worth over 30 billion pounds (about 48 billion U.S. dollars) in 2012, the Scottish government said on Wednesday. International sales by the ...
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Annual paraxylene term negotiations for 2014 have gotten off to a slow start in Asia, and talks are expected to be protracted, as the supply/demand fundamentals are expected to change significantly halfway through next year, sources ...
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A chief executive officer of a U.S. energy giant on Tuesday called for the government to remove its current ban on crude oil exports so as to lower consumer prices and stimulate further shale oil production, the Houston Chronicle reported. ...
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Italian firm plans to build world's largest cellulosic ethanol plant in China Commercial manufacture of cellulosic bioethanol from agricultural residue is expected to be given further impetus after commercial production begins in China ...
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The Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference (AOG), has joined forces with the Australian Institute for Non-Destructive Testing (AINDT) and the Institute of Instrumentation, Control and Automation (IICA) to bring two new zones to the ...
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Harold Hamm, sharecropper to oil and fracking tycoon Towing icebergs to ease water scarcity is yesterday; transporting water in supertankers is today.What if ready-to-drink filtered water, 500,000 tons at a time, could be consistently ...
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Tata Steel, Europe's second largest steel producer, has announced a multi-million pound contract with KOGAS (Korea Gas Corporation) for the manufacture and supply of pipe in the Middle East. The deal, between KOGAS and Tata Steel's Energy ...
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Aker Solutions ASA secured a two-year option agreement extension valued at NOK 3 billion from Statoil ASA to provide maintenance and modifications work offshore Norway. The option is part of a 2010 framework agreement to provide ...
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Gazprom Neft's oil business operator, Gazpromneft Lubricants, has launched a new line of G-Energy and G-Profi premium-class motor oils with improved environmental characteristics. The Low SAPS* (Low Sulphated Ash, Phosphorus and Sulphur) ...
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