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Petroperu´s inability to restart refinery once key for Panama Canal defense separates Peruvians from $1.5 billion: a case study on a century of crude oil business in the tropics

Nov 9, 2022

Thirty million Peruvians learned slowly about a 30,000 barrels-per-day capacity expansion project, add to that a unit to process residuals, that has so far taken at least a decade and a half and demanded anywhere from $5.5 billion to well over $8 billion, not...

Thailand´s PTT Global Chemical announcement of new application for permit revives Ohio cracker project

Mar 8, 2022

PTT Global Chemical, one of Thailand´s biggest petrochemical producers, announced in late February it will draft a new air permit request to present to Ohio authorities for a world scale polyethylene project aligned with the company´s recently announced new...

Package design innovations may displace 5% of global resin demand

Jun 22, 2021

Design changes in packaging to eliminate, replace or reuse plastic may take away demand for the equivalent of 20 trillion plastic bottles and other containers by 2040, according to a study by consultancy Wood Mackenzie.

Owners share insight on ways to select, compare contractors and use technology in projects

Sep 29, 2020

Choosing the best contract model for tapping a contractor as well as getting them involved early in the first stages of projects can alongside with added transparency through digitalization and standard metrics improve chances of project success.

Petrochemical owner-contractor business model for project construction needs changes

Aug 31, 2020

Signs of financial distress in recent years point a prevailing downstream plant construction model where the increased risk taken by contractors has made them increasingly vulnerable.

Thailand's PTTGC indefinitely postpones Ohio project amid challenges

May 26, 2020

The postponement follows expectations built up over the past half decade. Confirmation of a project in which land was bought and air permits obtained, in addition to millions spent to ready the site, had seemed highly probable considering nearby availability...

Whitepaper: North America & Beyond - 2020 Downstream Market Outlook

Oct 14, 2019

Released today, the hotly anticipated North America & Beyond - 2020 Downstream Market Outlook Report is now available for you to download.

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