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06-Mar-19 Singapore's Fortrec has completed the acquisition of and re-started its refurbished aromatic solvents refinery in Ulsan, Korea. The facility, with a 60,000 tonnes per year capacity, is the culmination of a nine-month acquisition by Fortrec. [image: Exsoft]
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22-Feb-19 Thai energy company PTT plans to invest up to USD11.3 bn over the next five years to boost its natural gas portfolio and energy infrastructure. "We want to become a global LNG portfolio player," said Arawadee Photisaro, VP. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]
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21-Feb-19 Halliburton will build the first oilfield chemical manufacturing reaction plant in Saudi Arabia at the PlasChem Park in Jubail. Expected to be completed in 2020, the plant will produce chemicals for stimulation, production, midstream and downstream treatment programmes. [image: Halliburton]
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01-Feb-19 JV Vietsovpetro has started production at the Ca Tam (Beluga) oilfield offshore Vietnam, with commissioning of the CTC-1 wellhead platform. Initial flow from three wells was 11,900 barrels per day. Vietsovpetro has a 55% share in the contract. [image: Vietsovpetro]
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28-Jan-19 State-owned Saudi Aramco plans to invest up to USD1.6 bn for a nearly 20 percent stake in South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank, expanding its foothold in one of its biggest Asian buyers of crude oil. [image: Reuters / Hamad I Mohammed]
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