Journals By Industry - Petrochemicals

ORPC has two refineries - one in the port of Mina al-Fahal with a capacity of 106,000 b/d, and the other in Sohar, 116,400 b/d. The Mina al-Fahal plant meets the bulk of...

As a result of a growing number of industries setting up in Sohar, Muscat in 2008 created of a new economic zone in Sohar. It had already attracted a number of projects to...

The opening of a downstream plastics manufacturing plant in the Salalah free zone in December 2006 marked the beginning of a new phase in the region's petrochemical industry. It caught many by surprise...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The model of progress that many people keep in their heads looks something like the Victorian-era depiction of the ascent of Man. Just as nature progressed from fish and reptile to...

HEADNOTE In search of higher yield, and the use of less and less water, new technology breakthroughs are beginning to emerge Dr Salali El Siddique Awadel Karim has a background in chemical engineering...

The power and water desalination complexes in Oman are the biggest users of energy, mainly natural gas. Consumption by the expanding utilities sector is to rise rapidly, estimated at the rate of 9%...

The State-owned Oman Gas Co. (OGC) has expanded its gas network with a pipeline tying the Nimr field to Salalah on the south-western coast. The MOG has said domestic demand for natural gas...

The EU may allow some of its members to use strategic oil reserves after an oil embargo on Iran goes into effect on July 1. In Davos, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Ottinger on...

The decision makers in Egypt's petroleum sector are professionals with long experience in this business. Most of them are pragmatic, led by Abdullah Ghorab who is the minister of petroleum. There has been...

There are about 75,000 people working in the state's hydrocarbon sector, including EGPC, Ganope, Egas and Echem, under the control of the Petroleum Ministry. EGPC is one of the biggest NOCs in the...

ZUG, Switzerland -- Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that its India subsidiary, Foster Wheeler India Private Limited, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a contract for...

SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) said that its subsidiary, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), has called off the search and rescue activities for two contractors who were missing after Monday's fire...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6aab43/assessment_of_chin) has announced the addition of the "Assessment of China's Market for Water Treatment Chemicals" report to their offering. GCiS Market Study Estimates China Water Treatment Chemicals Market...

HOUSTON -- Pemex has selected Exterran (NYSE: EXH) to provide gas conditioning, treating and compression services in three natural gas facilities in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Under a five-year services agreement signed...

ZUG, Switzerland -- Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract by Yuen Foong Yu Paper Mfg. (Yangzhou) Co., Ltd. for...

New facility will supply innovative on-site machining and welding solutions to customers in the UK, Ireland and throughout Scandinavia NEWBERG, Ore. & DouREN, Germany -- Climax Portable Machine Tools has opened a new...

SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) reports that its subsidiary, Chevron Nigeria Limited, is working to contain a fire that ignited early this morning aboard the K.S. Endeavor, a drilling rig offshore...

ZUG, Switzerland -- Foster Wheeler (NASDAQ: FWLT) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Petron Corporation (Petron) for the Petron Refinery Master...

SANTIAGO, Chile -- Orosur Mining Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: OMI) (LSE: OMI) announces that Mario Caron has stepped down as Chairman. He will continue as a Non Executive Director. Mr. Ralph Browning,...