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24-Jul-19 The UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) signed a partnership framework agreement with China’s Wanhua Chemical Group to explore opportunities in the UAE’s downstream sector – with a focus on Ruwais in Abu Dhabi and Yantai, Shadong in China. [image: Construction Week Online]
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15-Jul-19 The Philippine Biodiesel Association has proposed to increase biodiesel in diesel to five percent by 2021, from the current two percent. Increasing the coco biodiesel blend would translate to 350,000 tons of coconut oil, about 29 percent of total production. [image: Yahoo News]
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01-Jul-19 China has unveiled a shortened 'negative list' for foreign investment, relaxing or removing ownership restrictions on shipping agencies, gas and heat pipelines in bigger cities, cinemas, value-added telecoms, and oil and gas exploration and development. [image: iStock]
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03-Jun-19 INEOS has signed an MOU with Saudi Aramco and Total to build three plants at the Jubail 2 complex in Saudi Arabia. The energy efficient plants producing acrylonitrile, LinearAlphaOlefin and PolyAlphaOlefin will have access to competitive raw materials and energy. [image: INEOS]
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16-May-19 Egypt’s petroleum sector is set to attract USD10 bn of investment this financial year, adding to the USD30 bn invested since 2016, according to Mohamed Saad, head of the oil chamber at the Federation of Egyptian Industries. [image: Reuters / Amr Abdallah Dalsh]
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