Apache oil discovery
Apache Corporation announced a 5,103 barrel-per-day oil discovery, the Selkit-1X, on its 2.3-million-acre greater Khalda Concession in Egypt's Western Desert.
CB&I awarded agreement
CBI/ST Limited, a subsidiary of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V., has been awarded a three-year contract by the Alliance Refining Company Limited (ARC) of Rayong Province, Thailand to maintain its refineries and associated marine terminals at its North and South Production Units.
BASF builds new plant for Citral
BASF is building a new production plant for the fine chemical intermediate Citral with an annual capacity of 40,000 metric tons.
Noble to build pipeline offshore Israel
Noble Energy has obtained a license from the Israeli Government to build an offshore pipeline from the company's Mari-B field directly to Ashdod.
Nanhai petrochemical project
Major construction work is expected to start in early 2003 on the Nanhai Petrochemical complex, which is located on Daya Bay near Hong Kong.