Equipped to transport up to 350 thousand barrels per day of crude oil, the new 112 km pipeline originates from Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq plants and ends at the Bapco Refinery in Bahrain.

Fuel additives such as isooctane have so far been produced from mineral oil. Commissioned by the French-German company Global Bioenergies, the Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes CBP in Leuna will soon be producing biobased additives for gasoline. The source is bio-isobutene, which is obtained biotechnically from sugar.

CO2 to chemicals: What potential has the utilisation of carbon dioxide for chemicals production? — CO2 has a bad image. But can the undesired exhaust gas also be used as a raw material? Not an easy task, yet researchers from all over the world are working hard on turning the climate killer as a raw material. And those, who believe this will remain a thought game played in ivory towers or think that these minor experiments will remain confined to the cellar laboratory are making a big mistake: The first production scale plant is already on-stream....

The engineering and industrial software provider Aveva announced that it has signed a multi-phase agreement with KBR. The company is to contribute to the client's digital transformation which is to deliver cost savings and to optimize services.

Scientists from Exxon Mobil and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new technology that could significantly reduce the amount of energy and emissions associated with manufacturing plastics. Results of the research were published in the peer-reviewed journal Science.

BP, on behalf of co-venturers Shell, Chevron and Conoco Phillips, announced first oil production from the giant Clair Ridge project in the West of Shetland region offshore UK. Clair Ridge is the second phase of development of the Clair field, 75 kilometres West of Shetland. The field, which was discovered in 1977, has an estimated seven billion barrels of hydrocarbons.

Comprising of three compression trains, the new facility will utilise up to 450 million standard cubic feet per day of gas. The new plant is expected to support the nation’s increasing demand for energy and will also play a vital role for Adnoc’s 2030 smart growth strategy.

The scope of work includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction of the HDPE plant. Capable of producing 625,000 tonnes per year, the facility is expected to be complete by 2021.

The merger aims at establishing a leading independent European oil and gas company under the name Wintershall DEA. The new firm is expected to focus on international operations in core regions.

The pilot plant comprises a processing capacity of up to 100 kg per hour and can churn out 100 liters of synthetic crude per hour. The facility makes use of a thermo-chemical process to produce synthetic crude.