Posts Tagged ‘California’

Dow Chemical unveils US Gulf Coast performance plastics projects

Technip completes FEED on Freeport ethylene cracker  To optimize the competitive advantage of the US glut of shale gas, the Dow Chemical Company (Dow) is planning to increase locally the number and variety of production units downward its chemical value chain. Presented as early as April 2011, the US Gulf (more…)

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Occidental Petroleum plans new ethylene cracker at Ingleside – Texas

Oxy to join Chevron, Dow, Exxon and Shell US projects On December 2012, Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem) submitted a permit application to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the construction of a new ethylene cracker at Ingleside in Texas, USA. Based in  Los Angeles in California, USA, Occidental Petroleum (more…)

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Chevron to proceed with Angola Mafumeira project expansion

Chevron to spend $5.6 billion in Mafumeira Sul project Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Ltd (Cabinda), the Angola subsidiary of the California-based international oil company Chevron Corporation (Chevron) and its partners Sonangol, Total and Eni made the final investment decision (FID) regarding the Mafumeira Sul project. Located offshore Angola, the Mafumeira Sul project (more…)

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Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in brief

Energising The Future The Barhain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) is a national oil company wholly owned by the Government of Bahrain. BAPCO is one of the oldest oil and gas company in the Gulf, established in Bahrain by the Standard Oil Company of California in 1929. First oil was discovered in 1932 (more…)

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Fluor in brief

Fluor takes on the toughest challenges Founded in 1912 in Santa Ana, California, as a construction company, Fluor became in 100 years one of the oldest and largest engineering company in the world. For its 100th anniversary, Fluor is engaged in more than 1,000 different projects in the world with (more…)

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Huntsman in brief

Enriching lives through innovation With Headquarters in The Woodlands, on the north of Houston, Texas, USA, Huntsman is a chemical company listed in the New York Stock Exchange and operating 75 production units in 30 countries with about 12,000 employees.  Jon Huntsman established the Huntsman Container Corporation in 1970 in (more…)

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Dow Chemical awards Freeport Ethylene to Technip

Technip signs FEED contract for Dow Texas Operations October 2012, The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) selected Technip from France for the front end engineering and design (FEED) of its world scale ethylene project on the Gulf Coast, Texas, USA. Dow is the world largest manufacturer of olefin and polyolefin products. Based on ethylene cracking, the (more…)

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Oxy in brief

Third largest US oil and gas company by equity Home based in Los Angeles, California, USA, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) is listed in New York Stock Exchange since 1964 and is operating as an international oil company. With more than 40,000 employees, Oxy focuses its oil and gas operations in three (more…)

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Chevron to invest $500 million in Bibiyana gas expansion

Chevron to boost Bangladesh gas and NGL production Chevron Corporation (Chevron) is one of the largest foreign investors in Bangladesh, providing employment and supplying nearly 50% of the country’s natural gas consumption. Chevron produces natural gas from the Bibiyana, Jalalabad and Moulavi Bazar fields where Chevron Bangladesh holds a 98% working interests. (more…)

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Coca-Cola, Ford, Heinz, Nike and Procter & Gamble join forces in PET Technology

Top brands to develop 100% plant-based PET (BioPET) June 2012, the Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola), Ford Motor Company (Ford), H.J. Heinz Company(Heinz), NIKE, Inc. (Nike) and Procter & Gamble (P&G) created the Plant PET Technology Collaborative (PTC). Already December 2009 had marked game changing by Coca-Cola launching its innovative PlantBottle™ package. With the 30 (more…)

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