1. QatarEnergy Crowns LNG Conference With Two Major Supply Deals

    ...silient energy future for the nation.” The deal was notable given that Japanese imports of Qatari LNG have been on a steep downwards trajectory over the past decade, dropping from a record 16.14mn tons in 2014 to just 3.42mn tons last year (itself an improvement on 2024 levels) as long term sales co...

    Volume: 69
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 06 Feb 2026
  2. Egypt Petchems Sector Boosted By Gas Revival, Eyes Expansion

    ...ES, 8 May 2015). Data from state firm Echem – partner in most Egyptian petchems projects – show its output rebounding from 1.47mn tons for the 2014-15 financial year to 3.8mn tons for 2016-17. PETCHEMS STRATEGY             President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with oil minister Tareq El Molla and ot...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 07 Feb 2020
  3. Egypt: Increased Gas Availability Boosts Petchems Producers

    ...stallations were not directly affected, instability deterred investment, as did the cash-strapped Islamist government of Muhammad Mursi’s inability to pay IOCs for their oil and gas production. Gas output collapsed from 6bn cfd in 2011 to 4.7bn cfd in 2014 and a 12-year low of 3.9bn cfd in H1 2016. At le...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 09 Feb 2018
  4. Iran Inks First Post-Sanctions Petchems Deal: Will It Catalyze Sector Revival?

    ...ickly by rising supply from South Pars. NPC production control director Ali Bossaqzadeh says NPC output is expected reach 47mn tons in the current Iranian year (ending 20 March 2016) and 52mn tons for 2016-17 up from 44mn tons for 2014-15. Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh this week projected NPC wo...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 12 Feb 2016
  5. Sadara Nears Completion, Recruiting Processors For PlasChem Park

    ...lowing the production of specialty chemicals not previously available within the region. Among these will be 600,000 t/y of isocyanates, which can be combined with polyols (Sadara will produce 390,000 t/y of polyether polyols) to produce polyurethanes (MEES, 21 March 2014). Polyurethanes are one of th...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 06 Feb 2015
  6. Gulf Refiners Plan 1Mn B/D Additions By End-2014

    ...th a production capacity of up to 400,000 b/d during the third quarter of this year,” Mr Naimi says. UAE Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei, meanwhile, says expansion of the Ruwais refinery by state firm Takreer will be completed by the end of 2014. The plant will have capacity to process 41...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 07 Feb 2014
  7. Gulf Refiners Progressing Upgrading And Expansion Projects

    ...tended to meet domestic demand for cleaner fuels beginning in 2014. The company is also building a carbon black and delayed coker plant at Ruwais, with completion scheduled for December 2015 (MEES, 9 November 2012).    Qatar’s Laffan Refinery Company is planning to double the capacity of its pl...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013