Egypt's Nuclear Plan.
Of all the nuclear power projects in the MENA, with the exception
of Iran's controversial programme, Egypt's the most advanced.
Minister Younis says approval has been granted for a 1,000 MW station . . .
EGYPT - EGPC Profile.(Company overview)
There are about 75,000 people working in the state's
hydrocarbon sector, including EGPC, Ganope, Egas and Echem, under the
control of the Petroleum Ministry. EGPC is one of the biggest NOCs in
the . . .
EGYPT - Oriental Petrochemicals Co.
Formed in early 1996, OPC has Egypt's first PP plant in a new
10m sq metre free industrial zone developed by the private sector just
south of Suez city. The plant went on stream in June 2001 at . . .
EGYPT - The Sector.
Egypt's petrochemical plants now are concentrated at Ameriya,
30 km from Alexandria. There plenty of feedstocks are available, with
the gas piped mainly from the Western Desert. Private . . .
EGYPT - The Egyptian Market & Expansion Plans.
Egypt's expanding population beyond 78m, particularly its
swelling middle class, has led to a sharp increase in domestic demand
for plastics. Some 1.5m tons/year (t/y) of polyethylene (PE), . . .
EGYPT - The Prospects For World & ME Petrochemicals.
None of the current estimates of project costs is reliable, simply
because they are rising by the day. For example, a recent study by the
Doha-based Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting . . .
EGYPT - Petrochemical Sector Keeps Expanding; But The Global
Prospects Are Uncertain.
The petrochemical sector in Egypt, having grown rapidly in recent
years, has been elevated to the top tier of the industrial hierarchy.
The state-owned entity in charge of this is the Egyptian . . .
EGYPT - Middle East Oil Refineries (Midor).
This is a 100,000 b/d state-of-the-art plant built in a free zone
next to Ameriya, 7 km from the Sidi Kerir oil terminal of the
Suez-Mediterranean crude oil pipeline and close to Dekheila port. It . . .
EGYPT - The Egyptian Oil Refining Sector.(Company
overview)
The oil refining sector in Egypt looks set for big expansion, with
at least four new projects being promoted. One is a 500,000 b/d
grassroots refinery to be built near the Suez Canal, an outlet . . .
Venezuela - Caribbean Storage.
PDVSA owns the key Borco storage and blending facility in the
Bahamas. This is the centre from which PDVSA exports low-sulphur fuel
oil (LSFO), on which the US Gulf Coast has been depending . . .
Downstream Parts Of Orinoco Heavy Oil Ventures.
Before their 2007 nationalisation, each of the upstream strategic
associations (SAs) having developed bitumen fields in Venezuela's
Orinoco basin had developed a downstream operation in the home . . .
PDVSA In Heavy Oil E&P Venture In India.
Having gained experience in extra-heavy oil E&P, PDVSA is
helping Oil India Ltd (OIL) exploit heavy crude oil in Baghewala
oilfield in Rajasthan. The field is estimated to have over 35m tons . . .
Drop In Venezuela's Output & Exports.
The nationwide strikes in Venezuela against the government of
Chavez, which began on Dec. 2, 2002 and ended in February 2003, caused
oil output and exports to be suspended. According to Jose . . .
Venezuela's Trans-National System.
In 1983-98, PDVSA bought many refineries in Europe and the US. With
other state-owned oil companies initiating vertical integration,
Venezuela's was the most ambitious. One of the official reasons . . .
VENEZUELA - Luis Vierma.
PDVSA's Vice-President for E&P, Vierma is a Bachelor in
Chemistry. He graduated from the Central University of Venezuela in
1979. He obtained his MSc in geology (petroleum geochemistry) in . . .
VENEZUELA - Bernard Mommer.
The Vice-Minister for Petroleum and a director on PDVSA's
board, Mommer is one of the architects of the nationalisations. In 1999
he played a key role in the measures which led to the dismantling . . .
Venezuelan Decision Makers - Rafael Ramirez Carreno.
First made Energy and Mines Minister in July 2002, when he
succeeded Alvaro Silva Calderon as the latter became OPEC
secretary-general to replace Ali Rodriguez, Ramirez's portfolio in
2004 was . . .
Kuwait May Have Mega-JV In India.
KPC is in talks with Indian firms, including Reliance Industries
Ltd (RIL) which is India's biggest private company, to have a
150,000-400,000 refinery and a petrochemical plant in . . .
Beijing Approves Sinopec-KPC JV.
China Petroleum & Chemical (Sinopec) and Kuwait Petroleum Corp
(KPC) received Beijing's approval to start initial work on an
integrated mega-JV to including a 12m t/y oil refinery and a 1m . . .
ADNOC's Aromatics Project Cancelled.
The state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) has recently
cancelled plans to have an aromatics plant built as part of the
multi-billion-dollar expansion of its Ruwais oil refinery. When it . . .
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