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Chevron greenlights Wheatstone LNG in Australia

Chevron announced on Monday that its Australian subsidiary will proceed with the construction of its $29 billion Wheatstone LNG project in Western Australia.

FMC Technologies to supply subsea equipment in North Sea

FMC Technologies has been awarded a contract by BG Group for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support the Knarr oil and gas field.

Technip wins Brazil fertilizer plant engineering deal

Technip was awarded a contract for providing basic and front-end engineering services on Petrobras’ grassroots fertilizer complex to be located at Uberaba, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The deal was awarded within the framework of a cooperation partnership with Haldor Topsoe, Technip officials said.

Technip to engineer Gabon ammonia-urea project

Gabon Fertilizers awarded France-based Technip with a strategic engineering contract for a world class grassroots ammonia-urea fertilizer project to be developed at Port Gentil, Gabon.

Foster Wheeler wins EPC deal for Sasol expansion in South Africa

Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by Sasol to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services for the Sasolburg utilities expansion project at Sasolburg, South Africa.

Huntsman plots expansion for US epoxy resins

US-based chemicals major Huntsman has begun initial plans to expand its epoxy resins product lines by launching a multi-million dollar engineering study at its facility in McIntosh, Alabama.

Dow to use AspenTech engineering software on petrochemical projects

US software and services provider Aspen Technology (AspenTech) said that Dow Chemical is using its aspenOne engineering software to guide capital-cost decisions on large-scale petrochemicals projects.

Technip buys subsea service firm Global Industries

France-based engineering firm Technip announced a $937 million deal to acquire US-based Global Industries, reinforcing its leadership in the subsea segment of oil services.

Cameron inks services pact for offshore oil work of Brazil's Petrobras

Cameron has renewed an agreement with Petrobras for the supply of aftermarket services and support for their developments in offshore Brazil.

Consider new processes for clean gasoline and olefins production

Stone & Webster Inc., A Shaw Goup Co.: Dharia, D.
SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Processing (RIPP): Long, J.  |  Xu, Y.  |  Zhang, J.
Shaw Energy & Chemicals Group: Batachari, A.  |  Yuan, E.  |  Gim, S.  |  Xu, S.

Advanced technologies promote propylene yield while reducing olefins in gasoline