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<title>Chemical Week :: Chemical Week Magazine :: New Construction Projects</title>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com</link>
<description>Chemical Week</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<copyright>2008</copyright>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 2:11:16 EDT</pubDate>

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<title>Sipchem and Sabic Hold Cooperation Talks</title>
<description>The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (Riyadh) is mediating between Saudi International Petrochemical Co. (Sipchem; Al Khobar) and Sabic in talks that are expected to lead to Sabic...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/new_construction_projects/13782.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Uhde India Bags Fertilizer Contract in Morocco</title>
<description>Uhde India says it will act as a sub-contractor to Incro (Madrid) to build two fertilizer manufacturing units in Morocco. The complex is being constructed for Bunge Maroc Phosphore (Casablanca)...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/new_construction_projects/13783.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sibur Signs Ethylene Contract with Technip …</title>
<description>Sibur-Neftekhim, a Sibur (Moscow) subsidiary, says it has signed a contract with Technip Benelux (The Hague) to expand an ethylene plant at Kstovo, Russia. The previously announced project will...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/new_construction_projects/13784.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>… Starts Work on Tobolsk PP Project</title>
<description>Sibur has broken ground for a previously announced propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene (PP) complex at Tobolsk, Russia (CW, Jan.14, p. 17). The plant will...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/new_construction_projects/13785.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Cost of Chinese Refinery and Petchem JV Almost Doubles</title>
<description>The cost of a previously announced refinery and petrochemical joint venture between Sinopec and Kuwait Petroleum Corp. (KPC; Kuwait City) at Nansha, China has escalated from $5 billion, to about...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/new_construction_projects/13786.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Agrium to Sell Egypt JV Stake; Acquires Share in Mopco</title>
<description>Agrium says it has entered into an agreement to sell its 60% stake in EAgrium, a previously announced $1.4-billion fertilizer joint venture project at Ras el-Bar, Damietta, Egypt, to Misr Oil...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/new_construction_projects/13638.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ibn Rushd to Build Big PP Plant and Propane Dehydro Unit</title>
<description>Arabian Industrial Fibres Co. (Ibn Rushd; Yanbu, Saudi Arabia), an affiliate of Sabic, says it will build a 525,000-m.t./year polypropylene (PP) plant at Yanbu by 2012. The company has licensed...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/new_construction_projects/13639.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Peru and Brazil Jointly Study Petchem Complex</title>
<description>Braskem says it has signed an agreement with Brazil’s state-owned oil firm Petrobras and Peru’s state-owned oil firm PetroPeru to study a petrochemical...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/new_construction_projects/13640.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Polish Firm Picks Bechtel to Study Coal-Based Plant</title>
<description>Zakłady Azotowe Puławy (Puławy, Poland) says it has commissioned Bechtel to carry out a feasibility study that could lead to construction...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/new_construction_projects/13641.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Algeria Invites Bids for Urea Formaldehyde Unit</title>
<description>Société Nationale de la Pétrochimie (Enip; Algiers) says it will...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/new_construction_projects/13642.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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