1. BAPline Partners Form Project Company

    ...necessary and that negotiations should be directly with Russia and Gazprom.     Kazakhstan’s Eurasian Natural Resources (ENR) on 19 December started up in Pavlodar a $900mn aluminum smelter which will reach its 250,000 tons/year capacity in 2011. Construction of the plant began in 2005. ENR is...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 52
    Published at Mon, 24 Dec 2007
  2. Daelim/JGC Win EPC Contract For NCP Petchem Project

    ...hylene, propylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene and 1-hexene. Construction will begin in January 2008, with project completion expected in early 2011. Commercial production is scheduled to begin in September 2011. JGC will perform the EPC services for the 1.2mn tons/year cracker, 20...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 52
    Published at Mon, 24 Dec 2007
  3. UACC Orders Eight Chemical Tankers From South Korea’s SLS Shipbuilding

    ...ght chemical tankers, with an option for an additional two 45,000 dwt IMO II chemical tankers for delivery in 2011. UACC said it aimed to develop a fleet of medium-to-long range product tankers to serve the shipping needs of the expanding oil refining and chemical industries of its home region. UA...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 52
    Published at Mon, 24 Dec 2007
  4. 1Q 08 Decision On Oman’s Proposed Al-Duqm Refinery/Petrochem Project

    ...ld by OOC, 17% by Shell, 15% by Liwa Energy, 2% by Total, and 1% by Partex. The venture’s aim is to develop some 1bn barrels of Mukhaizna crude oil and achieve production of 150,000 b/d by 2011. The project is said to be progressing according to schedule, and, despite rising cost, is within 5% of bu...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 51
    Published at Mon, 17 Dec 2007
  5. Caspian Services Begins Phase 1 Work On Bautino Marine Facility

    ...TIC Group sold 50% of Karazhanbasmunai to state-owned KazMunaiGaz Exploration and Production (KMG EP) earlier this year (MEES, 22 October). The oilfield has proven reserves of 363.8mn barrels. Production is around 45,000 b/d and target production is set to double by 2011. KazMunaiGaz an...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 51
    Published at Mon, 17 Dec 2007
  6. Citadel Refinery Financing Progresses, Pathfinder Banks To Be Appointed

    ...ope because it includes a coker to optimize diesel production. It is 85% owned by Citadel with Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) holding the remainder, and the two have formed a holding company, Egypt Refining Company (ERC). It will start up in 2011 producing 2.2mn tons/year of diesel (in...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 51
    Published at Mon, 17 Dec 2007
  7. SPLM Agrees To Rejoin National Unity Government As Talks Resume

    ...ke place in 2009, and the referendum on unity, scheduled for 2011.   ...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 51
    Published at Mon, 17 Dec 2007
  8. Sonatrach And Gaz De France Extend LNG Contracts To 2019

    ...eld development plan to the Algerian authorities during the summer of 2007 and production is due to start up in late 2011 (MEES, 7 May, 26 February). Khelil: Long-Term Gas Contracts May Be Scrapped Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines Chakib Khelil was quoted on 3 December by state news agency AP...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 50
    Published at Mon, 10 Dec 2007
  9. GE To Supply Compression Trains For NCP Ethylene Project

    ...evron Phillips –  SCP) ethylene cracker plant in Jubail, which will have a 1.165mn t/y capacity when it comes on-stream in 2011. The compression trains will consist of cracked gas, propylene refrigerant and binary refrigerant compressors, and are being manufactured by GE Oil & Gas at its facilities in...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 50
    Published at Mon, 10 Dec 2007
  10. NIORDC Announces Essar Exit From Bandar Abbas Heavy Oil Refinery

    ...gotiations were under way with other local and international companies for the construction of the refinery, which NIORDC aims to bring on-line in 2011 (MEES, 15 January)....

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 49
    Published at Mon, 03 Dec 2007
  11. Kuwait’s New Non-Associated Gas To Cover Medium-Term Local Demand, Says NBK

    ...tural gas production is set to begin this month at a rate of 175mn cfd, and thereafter be ramped up to 600mn cfd in 2011 and 1bn cfd by 2015. “At the moment,” the NBK report says, “Kuwait is (notionally at least) self-sufficient in natural gas, consuming all that it produces as a by-product of its cr...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 49
    Published at Mon, 03 Dec 2007