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April 14, 2021 Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.’s Panipat Refinery in Haryana, India. The lubricants base oil plant will employ CLG’s ISOCRACKING, ISODEWAXING and ISOFINISHING technologies as part of IOCL’s refinery expansion project. CLG will provide the license, basic engineering, proprietary equipment and catalyst, along with technical services. The catalytic dewaxing unit will be designed to produce mainly premium API Group III base oils by processing unconverted oil from an upstream hydrocracking unit. The unit is expected to bring significant benefits to the region by minimizing existing dependence on imported base oils. For more than twenty-five years, CLG’s lubricants technologies have provided worldwide licensees superior performance, profitability and optimum utilization of existing assets. Decades of dedicated research and development make CLG the most trusted technology provider for the producti...

July 25, 2019 McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR) today announced that it has been awarded a sizeable* technology contract by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for the technology license, basic engineering, proprietary equipment, training and technical services for a grassroots Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit using INDMAX Technology, licensed by McDermott's Lummus Technology and developed in partnership with IOCL. This FCC unit is part of a refinery expansion project for IOCL to grow into petrochemicals at the complex in Panipat, Haryana, India. Lummus Technology is the exclusive worldwide licensor of INDMAX Technology, which is a unique solution for vertical integration of refinery and petrochemical complexes and offers better product yields with lower capital and operating expenditures. The INDMAX Technology combines the proprietary and innovative INDMAX catalyst and process concepts developed by the premier Research & Development Centre of IOCL with state-of-t...

July 31, 2023  McDermott has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) and engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) contract for the Naphtha Cracker Expansion (Phase II) polypropylene expansion and new ethylene derivative unit project from Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). The project is located at the Panipat Refinery and Petrochemical Complex , located 62 miles (100 kilometers) from New Delhi, India. The project will increase the ethylene production capacity of the naphtha cracker unit (NCU) by approximately 20 percent. The additional ethylene and propylene production will act as feed for downstream polymer units. The polymer products will be used for the manufacture of household and industrial items, including containers, automobile parts, furniture, and heavy-duty films. "McDermott is currently executing four other projects for IOCL, including the maleic anhydride (MAH) unit at the same site, allowing us to leverage our local resources and ex...

Aramco has taken the final investment decision to participate in the development of a major integrated refinery and petrochemical complex in Northeast China. Huajin Aramco Petrochemical Company (HAPCO) , a joint venture between Aramco, North Huajin Chemical Industries Group Corporation and Panjin Xincheng Industrial Group, will develop the liquids-to-chemicals complex. The decision, which is subject to finalization of transaction documentation, regulatory approvals and closing conditions, follows the establishment of HAPCO in December 2019 between the three partners. The project, which presents an opportunity for Aramco to supply up to 210,000 barrels per day of crude oil feedstock to the complex, is expected to be operational in 2024. It will combine a 300,000 barrels per day refinery capacity and ethylene-based steam cracker, a building block petrochemical used to manufacture thousands of everyday products. The facility, which will be built in the city of Panjin, in China’s Liaoning ...

September 15, 2026 Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) announced today it secured a bundled well construction and completions contract from Eni for the Cronos ultra-deepwater development in Block 6 of the Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone. The award strengthens Halliburton’s offshore portfolio in the Eastern Mediterranean and expands the company’s role in the region’s strategic natural gas development. Under the contract, Halliburton will deliver integrated drilling, well construction, automation, and completions services for exploration and development wells. The bundled scope reduces operational interfaces, improves execution certainty, and supports efficient delivery for a multi-year ultra-deepwater development. The scope includes drilling fluids, directional drilling, LOGIX™ automation and remote operations, cementing, surface well testing and coiled tubing. Halliburton will support the efforts through its established infrastructure and regional capabilities in Cyprus, which provide logistical a...

20 November 2025 TECNIMONT (MAIRE) attended the ground-breaking ceremony of the Tengiz Gas Separation Complex (GSC) project in the Atyrau Region at the presence of local authorities and companies’ representatives and kicked-off the Local Content in GSC Project Forum addressed to the local industry to be involved in the project’s activities. The Tengiz Gas Separation Complex (GSC) is developed by KMGPetrochem, a subsidiary of KazMunaiGas (KMG) JSC National Company, which develops O&G and chemical projects. The scope of the work includes engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning works, with Tecnimont mainly responsible for engineering, procurement, and commissioning. The facility is designed to recover at least 98% of ethane from dry gas, and its output will feed the second phase of the Silleno petrochemical complex, focused on polyethylene production - another major project being executed by Tecnimont. The Tengiz and Silleno projects mark a significant mile...