Overview Ultrapetrol serves the shipping markets for grain, vegetable oils, minerals, crude oil, petroleum and refined petroleum products, as well as the offshore oil platform supply market. It operates three segments: a river...
Tokyo, Feb 9, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will present the global debut of the all-new Outlander at the 82nd Geneva International Motor Show which runs from March 6...
Tokyo, Feb 7, 2012 - (JCN) - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has started a demonstration test of the Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) system installed on the diesel engine used for power generation on an...
The leaders of Syria's 2.8m strong Kurdish community on Jan. 28-29 met in Erbil, capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan. They agreed on a joint strategy for their region to have the same self-rule...
Muscat projects the port of Sohar, 220 km north of Muscat, as the first anchor for a journey to make Oman a key maritime centre between three continents. Industries built there feature a...
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...
Under a JV agreement signed in Muscat on May 28, 2005, OORC and the industrial gases giant Air Liquide of France have established Air Liquide Sohar Industrial Gases LLC (Alsig). ORPC and the...
PDO produces the bulk of Oman's associated gas. Its output is being utilised for domestic consumption and re-injection into the oilfields. PDO produces non-associated gas from Yibal and Lekhwair. The government takes a...
There are seven crude oil, natural gas and condensate producing ventures in Oman other than PDO. Together they are producing 265,500 b/d of crude oil, condensates, LPG, and over 375 MCF/d of gas....
Oman's crude oil and condensate output in recent weeks has been averaging about 901,500 b/d. This is close to the average in 2009 which was up 7% from 2008, having fallen to 700,000...
Petroleum Development Oman: PDO is owned 60% by the Omani government, 34% by Shell which is the technical manager, 4% by Total and 2% by Partex. The Shell-led foreign partners in PDO in...
Iraq's crude oil output in 2012 is set to average 3.4m b/d, including 175,000 b/d from Kurdistan. With oil accounting for almost all Iraqi state income, Baghdad is preparing to become the world's...
KHE-102 well is an appraisal well which has tested the structural elevation, reservoir quality and reservoir fluids present in the Triassic Butmah and Kurrachine Dolomite Formations on the north flank of the field...
M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Australian carrier the Qantas Group on Thursday released details on its response to the European Union (EU) and Australian carbon pricing schemed and increased fuel costs. Higher jet...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Australian carrier the Qantas Group on Thursday released details on its response to the European Union (EU) and Australian carbon pricing schemed and increased fuel costs. Higher jet...
The use of rare earth minerals may become a logistical bottleneck plaguing the deployment of wind turbines, photovoltaic cells, and electric vehicles, according to a report recently updated by the U.S. Department of...
The volatility that marked energy markets over the past year is almost guaranteed to continue in 2012. Geopolitical factors, such as Europe's financial crisis and conflicts with Iran and other regions, make long-range...
In mid-December 2011, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) surprised the energy markets by deciding to increase oil production with a new output target of 30 million barrels a day. Bloomberg reported...
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) announced on January 19 that the company recently signed a handful of cooperation agreements with partners in Middle East and Africa on oil and gas, to deepen their...
China-based Sinochem Corporation announced on 19 January, 2012 that the company inked a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Royal DSM, a global life sciences and materials sciences company, in Beijing on 18 January...