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11/24/2025

Petrochemicals: the investment wave reshaping global industry

A new petrochemical era is emerging as tightening capacity, shifting investment flows and rising decarbonization pressure reshape where—and how—the next multi-billion-dollar complexes will be built.

11/24/2025

INEOS backs Lavera, unlocking a new chapter for French petrochemicals

INEOS is injecting 250 million euros into its Lavera cracker, signaling renewed confidence in France’s petrochemical hub and setting up a multi year EPC upgrade cycle.

11/20/2025

The next decade of power EPC is here and it is bigger, faster and more complex

Global power EPC demand is shifting into a higher gear as renewables scale, electrification lifts baseload requirements and hyperscalers trigger gigawatt sized build programs. Aging thermal fleets, grid reinforcement and early hydrogen projects add further pressure, creating the most diversified and sustained EPC cycle the sector has seen in more than a decade.

11/19/2025

Dialog expands Pengerang Deepwater Terminals (PDT)

Dialog is doubling Phase 3 at Pengerang with 614 thousand cubic meters of new storage for bp, pushing the terminal toward one million cubic meters and opening a new round of EPC work.

11/14/2025

A new chapter for SAF as LanzaJet lights up Freedom Pines

LanzaJet has done what the aviation sector has been waiting a decade for, moving its Freedom Pines plant into full commercial operation and proving that ethanol can be turned into jet fuel at scale. With HEFA feedstocks tightening and global SAF demand accelerating, this first of a kind ATJ facility becomes the blueprint for the next generation of aviation fuels.

11/11/2025

Alaska LNG gains momentum with Baker Hughes on board

Glenfarne Alaska LNG has partnered with Baker Hughes for key equipment and investment support, marking a major step toward advancing the 20 MTPA project.

11/5/2025

Sizewell C reaches financial close, setting a new global benchmark for private nuclear financing

Sizewell C’s financial close marks a historic first for privately financed nuclear power, unlocking full-scale construction and billions in EPC opportunities across the UK’s largest low-carbon energy project.

11/4/2025

Eni and PETRONAS merge upstream assets in Indonesia and Malaysia into $15 billion NewCo

The move marks one of the largest regional upstream consolidations in recent years, positioning NewCo as a major Southeast Asian producer with over 300,000 boe/d and ambitions to surpass 500,000 boe/d in the medium term.

10/29/2025

Aramco unlocks $11 billion from Jafurah gas facilities in landmark leaseback deal

Aramco has completed an $11 billion leaseback deal for its Jafurah gas processing facilities with a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners, marking one of the largest energy infrastructure investments in the Middle East and reinforcing Saudi Arabia’s gas expansion strategy.

10/27/2025

$500 billion Project Matador: Hyundai E&C takes lead on America’s 11 GW AI-nuclear energy campus

As the FEED progresses and licensing milestones advance, Project Matador is expected to define the next decade of large-scale energy infrastructure, combining nuclear precision with digital ambition.

10/23/2025

CP2 LNG clears final hurdle as U.S. approves Venture Global’s export authorization

The U.S. Department of Energy has granted final approval for Venture Global’s CP2 LNG project in Louisiana, authorizing exports of up to 3.96 billion cubic feet per day to non-FTA countries, marking a defining moment for the next wave of U.S. LNG growth.

10/22/2025

bp greenlights $5 billion Tiber-Guadalupe project, doubling down on deepwater Gulf expansion

The 100% bp-owned Tiber-Guadalupe will be bp’s seventh operated oil and gas production hub in the Gulf of America, featuring a new floating production platform with the capacity to produce 80,000 barrels of crude oil per day.

10/17/2025

NextDecade greenlights $6.7 billion Rio Grande LNG Train 5, issues full EPC notice to Bechtel

NextDecade Corporation has reached a positive final investment decision (FID) on Train 5 at its Rio Grande LNG project in Texas, securing $6.7 billion in financing and issuing a full notice to proceed to Bechtel Energy for EPC execution.

10/16/2025

Worley wins ExxonMobil Baytown revamp to boost high-value fuels

ExxonMobil has tapped Worley to lead the major reconfiguration of its Baytown complex in Texas, a multi-billion-dollar project that shifts production toward high-value fuels and lubricants while reinforcing the company’s downstream transformation strategy.

10/15/2025

10 largest natural gas power pants under development in the Middle East

The EPCIntel.com database reveals a wave of next-generation natural gas power projects across the Middle East, ten developments totaling over 21 GW that are redefining the region’s transition toward cleaner, high-efficiency energy.

10/14/2025

BW Energy secures financing for Maromba FPSO

BW Energy has closed a USD 365 million Sinosure-backed project finance facility to fund the refurbishment and redeployment of the Maromba FPSO offshore Brazil, alongside a USD 107.5 million lease with Minsheng Financial Leasing for the project’s development rig

10/8/2025

UK’s CCUS moment: Padeswood and Protos move to build

Two flagship carbon capture projects, Heidelberg Materials’ Padeswood CCS and Encyclis’ Protos ERF CCS, have entered construction as part of the UK’s HyNet cluster.