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Shell awards EPC contract for Malaysian gas project
SHELL’s Malaysian business has awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the offshore platform of its Rosmari-Marjoram gas project to Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE), an energy industry and marine solutions provider.
Type: News
Saudi Aramco set to take 70% stake in SABIC
SAUDI Aramco has agreed to buy a 70% stake in SABIC for US$69.1bn. It is part of national plans to integrate and develop downstream chemicals production and fund a wider economic shift that will reduce Saudi Arabia’s reliance on oil.
Type: News
Asahi to acquire Carlton and United Breweries for US$10.8bn
BELGIAN brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has agreed to sell its Australian subsidiary, Carlton and United Breweries (CUB), to Asahi Group Holdings for A$16bn (US$10.8bn).
Type: News
INEOS expands North Sea oil and gas operations
INEOS will move into deep water oil and gas exploration, after agreeing to buy a majority stake in two Northern Gas Fields exploration licences.
Type: News
Emerson quits chasing Rockwell
EMERSON ELECTRIC has abandoned its pursuit of Rockwell Automation following a forceful rejection of its recent offers.
Type: News
INEOS picks Antwerp for €3bn cracker and PDH unit
INEOS has selected Antwerp in Belgium as the site for its €3bn (US$3.4bn) investment in the first cracker built in Europe for 20 years.
Type: News
BP invests in AI to accelerate upstream projects
BP has invested US$5m in artificial intelligence technology in a bid to speed up projects.
Type: News
Four more industry players sign up for BP’s Teesside hydrogen plans
BP has signed MoUs with four customers interested in using hydrogen produced at its proposed production facility in Teesside, UK.
Type: News
BP buys US biogas firm for US$4.1bn in push to go net zero
BP is buying US biogas producer Archaea Energy for US$4.1bn as part of its plans to reduce its reliance on fossil fuel production.
Type: News
Mondi agrees £5bn deal for DS Smith in bid to create packaging heavyweight
MONDI has agreed to buy rival DS Smith for £5.1bn (US$6.5bn) in a deal which will create one of the world’s largest paper and packaging companies.
Type: News
RAEng report calls for waste-based biofuels
BIOFUELS should be made from waste and byproducts, not food crops, if their carbon emissions reduction potential is to be realised, according to a new report from the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng).
Type: News
Adnoc enters ‘concrete negotiations’ with Covestro for €14.4bn buyout
AFTER more than a year of courting, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has entered “concrete negotiations” with German chemicals company Covestro for a takeover potentially worth €14.4bn (US$15.4bn).
Type: News
Understanding powder testing techniques and their application
Type: Feature
Occidental makes hostile US$57bn bid for Chevron
OCCIDENTAL has made a hostile bid for Anadarko Petroleum, trumping a US$50bn bid from Chevron.
Type: News
Green light given to Darwin Pipeline Duplication Project
OIL and gas producer Santos has said it is proceeding with the Darwin Pipeline Duplication Project, a 123 km pipeline that will run alongside the existing Bayu-Undan pipeline, so that gas can be transported from the Barossa gas field in the Timor Sea, direct to the Darwin liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility.
Type: News
Air Products shares how it replaced the cryogenic distillation columns at an ageing industrial gas plant without compromising supplies
Type: Feature
Ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut kills at least 135 people
AN explosion at a warehouse storing ammonium nitrate in Beirut, Lebanon, has killed at least 135 people and injured at least 5,000.
Type: News
Rules of Thumb: Solids Transfer - Bins & Silos
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Type: Feature
