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Algeria (13) South Africa (30) Libya (9) Egypt (30)
ALGERIA OCP and Jacobs Form Engineering Joint Venture
Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP; Casablanca), the global leader in phosphate rock and derivatives market, and Jacobs Engineering have formed an equally owned joint venture, Jacobs Engineering SA (JESA). JESA will provide engineering, project management... KBR to Revamp Nigerian Cracker
KBR has been awarded a contract by Eleme Petrochemicals Co. (Port Harcourt, Nigeria) to revamp the company's 1995-vintage 550,000 m.t./year ethylene plant at Eleme, near Port Harcourt. Eleme is a subsidiary of Indorama Group (Jakarta). The plant was... Jacobs Forms Engineering JV with Moroccan Phosphate Producer
The jv will initially support a multibillion-dollar phosphate project in Morocco.... Samsung Receives Large Refinery-Aromatics Contract in Algeria
Samsung Engineering has won a $2.6-billion refinery and aromatics contract from Algeria's national oil company Sonatrach (Algiers). It represents the largest plant order to be awarded to a Korean contractor in history. Under the terms of the deal... Saipem Awarded Fertilizer Export Terminal Contract in Algeria
Saipem (Milan) has been awarded a contract worth about €200 million ($265 million) to build a marine export terminal for Sonatrach (Algiers). The terminal, which will be built near Arzew, Algeria, will handle export of urea and ammonia... More Stories » SOUTH AFRICA Foster Wheeler Awarded Wax Expansion Contract in South Africa
Foster Wheeler has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by Sasol for its previously announced Fischer-Tropsch wax expansion project at Sasolburg, South Africa. The project will be managed from... Linde Expands Specialty Gases Facility in South Africa
Linde says its Linde Gases division has expanded and upgraded its specialty gases production plant at Johannesburg, South Africa. The €1.12-million investment involved a complete re-engineering of the existing site, to better support the growing demands... South Africa Seeks Polysilicon Project
The South African government has invited proposals for a study to evaluate construction of a plant in the country.... Sasol to Double Wax Production in South Africa
Sasol (Johannesburg) says it has approved an investment of R8.4 billion ($1.14 billion), which will double production of hard wax at the Sasolburg, South Africa site. The investment will take place in two phases. The first phase, expected to begin... Somali Pirates Hijack Urea Ship
The vessel was seized in the Indian Ocean.... More Stories » LIBYA Yara Signs Final Agreements for Fertilizer JV in Libya
It has a 50% stake in the new company with two Libyan firms jointly holding the rest.... Israel Chemicals Second-Quarter Profits Soar
Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL; Tel Aviv) has reported a 445% increase in net profits to $703.2 million for the second quarter ended June 30. And sales for the period increased by 116% to $2.07 billion. The rise in sales was driven by ICL Fertilizers business... Sun Pharma Gets U.S. FTC Approval for Taro Tender Offer
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (Mumbai) says the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC; Washington DC) has given clearance for the previously announced tender offer by Alkaloida Chemical Company Exclusive Group (Tiszavasvari, Hungary), a subsidiary of... Yara Goes Ahead with Libyan Fertilizer Venture
Yara International, National Oil Corp. (NOC; Tripoli), and the Libyan Investment Authority (Tripoli) say they have completed all major agreements to establish a previously announced joint venture for... Yara to Establish Fertilizer JV in Libya
Yara International ASA (Oslo) says it has completed all agreements with the National Oil Corporation of Libya (NOC; Tripoli) and the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA; Tripoli) to establish a previously announced joint venture for the production and marketing... More Stories » EGYPT Egyptian Firm Picks Univation's PE Process for Three Production Lines
The plants will form part of a major chemical complex.... Egyptian Fertilizer Complex to Triple Capacity
Egyptian Nitrogen Products Company (ENPC), a wholly owned subsidiary of MISR Fertilizer Production Company (Mopco), has secured $1.05 billion in local financing for the construction of second and third production trains at Mopco's Damietta, Egypt nitrogen facility.... Air Liquide Expands its Activities in Mideast
Air Liquide says that it has commissioned an Air Separation Unit (ASU) near Cairo, Egypt, with a production capacity of 140 m.t./day of liquid oxygen and nitrogen, to supply the growing market in Egypt. An argon production facility with a capacity of 12... Orascom Begins Ammonia Exports from Egypt
Orascom Construction Industries (OCI; Cairo) says its subsidiary Egypt Basic Industries Corp. (EBIC; Cairo) has completed its first export shipment of ammonia totalling 23,400 m.t., using its export facilities at the Sokhna Port on the Egyptian Red Sea coast... Stolt-Nielsen Confirms Release by Pirates of Chemical Tanker
Somali pirates had held the vessel for more than five months.... More Stories »
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