Tag: natural gas
Trinidad and Tobago approve refinery plans
Plans for a USD 2 billion export refinery with capacity of 224,000 bpd have been approved by the government of Trinidad and Tobago.
Vietnam to build plastics plant
Vietnam’s plastic association plans to build a USD 250 million plastics plant powered by natural gas to reduce the country’s reliance on imports, an official has said.
Pinghu field expansion
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec Corp.) and CNOOC Ltd have started expanding the production capacity of Pinghu natural gas field off Shanghai.
Co-generation for Canadian refinery
Irving Oil Ltd., St John, NB, and TransCanada Energy Ltd, a unit of TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., Calgary, plan to build an USD 80 million co-generation plant at Irving Oil’s refinery at St John, Canada’s largest.
Sumitomo to build power plant in Iran
Japan’s Sumitomo Corp. will jointly build a USD 643 million power plant in northern Iran with MAPNA (affiliated Iran Power Plant Projects Management Co.), a local state-run firm.
Shell launches Norwegian fuel cell project
Shell has signed an agreement with Aker Kvaerner and Statkraft to launch a project in Norway to explore possible large-scale applications of new zero-emission solid oxide fuel cell technology driven by natural gas.