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  1. Aramco Looks To Crack Texas With $6.6bn Shale-Fuelled Petchems Plans

    ...panding Motiva’s Port Arthur facilities and to capitalize on cheap US ‘shale’ feedstock (MEES, 26 May 2017). Other Aramco pronouncements also suggest that the latest plans may be only the first stage of investment. Aramco in 2017 flagged up a potential $30bn in ultimate investment in Motiva’s US op...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 04 Jan 2019

  2. Aramco Adds Retail Expansion To Downstream Ambitions

    ...ES, 12 October 2018). Most of Aramco’s current retail sites are operated by its Motiva subsidiary, which transferred the 635,000 b/d Port Arthur refinery in Texas as well as 5,000 Shell-branded retail stations to Aramco’s ownership when Shell exited the former 50:50 joint venture (MEES, 10 March 2017...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 04 Jan 2019

  3. Saudi Hikes Gasoline Prices, Hard On Heels Of Electricity Tariffs Rise

    ...nuary 2016). This has led diesel demand to fall considerably in the kingdom. After averaging a record 779,000 b/d in 2015 it fell 10% to 701,000 b/d in 2016. It’s on course to have fallen to 600,000 b/d or even less over 2017, averaging 120,000 b/d less than 2016 over the first 10 months. Any in...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 05 Jan 2018

  4. Saudi: More Delays For Key Petchems JV

    ...ecialty chemicals. Some units are complete: the partners tested a 15,000 t/y thermoplastic olefins (TPO) unit in May 2017 and a 75,000 t/y Nylon 6 plant in June 2017. A cumene unit, to provide feedstock for making phenol as a route to other final products, is also complete. Petro Rabigh blames de...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 05 Jan 2018

  5. New Gulf Petchems Start-Ups In Shadow Of Aramco Mega-Projects

    ...tsubishi Jubail, S Arabia 2017 250 MMA, 40 PMMA QP/Shell (Al-Karaana) Ras Laffan, Qatar 2017 1,500 MEG, 300 linear a-olefins SABIC Ju...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 02 Jan 2015

  6. Gulf Refiners Set For Major Crude Distillation Capacity Boost

    ...sociated petrochemicals project is at an early stage, although a completion target of fourth quarter 2017 has been set for the refinery. The project is a joint venture of Oman Oil Company (OOC) and Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC). It will be designed to process heavy crude, wi...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 04 Jan 2013