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Petrochemicals
SIBUR and BASF signed a memorandum of understanding formalising their partnership on sustainable development and circular economy.
Sasol and Haldor Topsoe have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly license their GTL technologies to produce diesel fuel, kerosene, and naphtha from natural gas.
Andreea Mirita, Pwc Romania, comments on taxation legislation at Black Sea Oil & Gas, Bucharest 2018
Digital Oil & Gas
White Space Energy is going to exhibit and speak at Go Digital Oil & Gas Middle East summit on March 19 in Abu Dhabi. Norbert Dolle, Managing Partner, will demonstrate its latest AI developments- Game AI solution, that is aimed to make a fundamental change for the whole oil & gas value chain.
Oil and gas companies need a strong CIO with a mandate to change the way the business uses technology.
Theo Priestley - Chief Marketing Officer at WFS Technologies outlines the key emerging technologies for the oil & gas industry. Go Digital Oil & Gas conference, 6-7 June 2019, Amsterdam.
Base Oils & Lubes
After the European Commission’s approved a quota on duty-free API Group II base oil imports, the measure is stirring the European market with concerns that the threshold is too low.
Russian base oil export volumes are off an estimated 1% this year after a 12% decline in 2018 caused by an unusually large amount of maintenance work.
Total Vostok is expanding production of lubricants in the village of Vorsino in the Kaluga region of Russia and plans to invest $3 million in 2020.
Downstream
Frank-Peter Ritsche, CEO at Project Team, speaks about project management. Downstream Project Management Conference, Frankfurt 2018
Raj Shekhar, Director Oil & Gas, GlobalData at the Downstream Central Asia conference (Astana, 2019)
Worley is now a lead partner for the Downstream Project Management event.
Upstream
The contract was signed for gas processing and export hub for Ormen Lange and other fields connected to the Polarled pipeline.
Comanescu bets on the promising Black Sea offshore gas projects as it is the only company in the region offering offshore integrated services.
Once successfully completed and tied-in, the Moftinu-1004 well will provide additional gas production to the Moftinu Gas Plant
Midstream
Romania’s energy minister Virgil Popescu suggested Romgaz should evaluate the option of taking over the stake held by ExxonMobil in the Black Sea offshore gas project.