1. Saudi Arabia’s Oil Sector In 2020: Assessing A Tumultuous Year

    ...mand of 455,000 b/d was the lowest since 2011 and down 17% year-on-year. Demand bottomed out at 231,000 b/d in April amid tight Covid-19 mobility restrictions and while it rebounded to 530,000 b/d in October, it exited the year at 488,000 b/d. The impact on diesel demand was more muted due to the fu...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 07
    Published at Fri, 19 Feb 2021
  2. Kuwait Awards Long-Awaited $12Bn Clean Fuels Project

    ...mmittee has said it will review the recent award of a 1.5GW/486,000 cmd power and desalination project at Al-Zour as a prelude to calling in the public prosecutor (MEES, 7 February).   KNPC Refining And Main Markets: Financial Years 2011-13 Refinery Throughput (‘00...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 07
    Published at Fri, 14 Feb 2014
  3. Iran, Indonesia Team Up For $3Bn Refinery Project

    ...0,000 b/d of this refining capacity. But these seven facilities only meet around three quarters of Indonesia’s domestic demand, forcing it to import close to 300,000 b/d of petroleum products in 2013. In 2011, Pertamina was able to meet only 54% of the domestic demand for gasoline, and 86% of diesel de...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 07
    Published at Fri, 14 Feb 2014
  4. Global Economic Weakness Pares Saudi Petchem Profits

    ...lf improved their profitability.   Used in wide array of automotive, packaging, consumer durable, and construction products to name but a few, petrochemicals depend heavily on robust economic growth. The IMF put 2012’s global growth at 3.2%, which is down from 2011’s 3.9%. In January it also cu...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 07
    Published at Fri, 15 Feb 2013