1. Rabigh Shutdown To Curb Saudi Refining Surge

    ...pected to take total Saudi capacity to 2.91mn b/d by the end of 2015 (MEES, 27 February). Petro Rabigh says the shutdown will allow the second periodic maintenance since 2011. Such closures are “carried out every four years as a regular practice in the refining and petrochemicals industry.” The co...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 06 Mar 2015
  2. Qatar’s GTL Output To Fall As Pearl And Oryx Plants Undergo Maintenance

    ...of the first train in early 2011 and the first commercial cargo of gasoil in June 2011. Each shutdown will defer production of roughly 4.2mn barrels of GTL liquids and 3.6mn barrels of NGLs. Shell has not detailed the work being carried out during the shutdowns. However, any non-routine wo...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 06 Mar 2015
  3. SABIC Pulls Out Of Caribbean Methanol Project

    ...s feedstock remains an objective of the government.   The ministry noted that it was now “seeking to enter into a more favourable partnership” in pursuit of its development goals. Trinidad and Tobago produced 4.09mn cfd of natural gas in 2011. It is one of the world’s largest producers of me...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 08 Mar 2013