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Global Gas Scramble After Qatar Shuts Down LNG Production
...osure. It has always marketed itself as a highly-reliable supplier, but going forward clients will have to take into consideration the geopolitical risks stemming from proximity to Iran. CEO Saad al-Kaabi emphasized the importance he places on this reputation of reliability when speaking with MEES in 2017...
Volume: 69Issue: 10Published at Fri, 06 Mar 2026 -
Adnoc & Petronas Ink Wide-Ranging Partnership Deal
...reements were reached during the visit to the UAE of Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Trade relations between the two countries are on the rise, although they’ve not been without their turbulence. Abu Dhabi state firm IPIC, which was merged into Mubadala in 2017, was previously embroiled in...
Volume: 64Issue: 10Published at Fri, 12 Mar 2021 -
Algiers Refinery Hike
...ECC, which took over the project in late 2016 after French firm Technip’s original contract was cancelled in 2015 (MEES, 9 June 2017). By that time Technip was already well behind on its initial 38-month work schedule. Fast forward to the “completion” date of 21 February 2019 and it appeared the re...
Volume: 63Issue: 10Published at Fri, 06 Mar 2020 -
Kuwait Eyes Revenue Boost From Clean Fuels Upgrade
...dullah, are expected to be fully online by the end of 2019. In the meantime, work at the refineries has contributed to reducing Kuwait’s throughput to its lowest level in more than 20 years. The CFP was originally intended for start-up in late 2017. The first unit testing was eventually carried out la...
Volume: 62Issue: 10Published at Fri, 08 Mar 2019 -
Kuwait’s Overseas Downstream Expansion Stutters On Vietnam Refinery Delays
...nounced readiness for start-up operations, seven months after Kuwait despatched a 2mn-barrel crude cargo for the plant’s commissioning (MEES, 4 August 2017). No reason has been given for the further schedule slippage. Refinery manager Junzo Yamamoto announced on 28 February that “the project is now re...
Volume: 61Issue: 10Published at Fri, 09 Mar 2018 -
Aramco Agrees To Pay Shell $2.2bn In Break-Up Of US Motiva Refining JV
...0 Overseas Current & Planned 3,114 1,412 *CURRENT STAKES. MOTIVA TO BE SPLIT IN Q2 2017 WITH ARAMCO TAKING 100% PORT ARTHUR AND SHELL 100% OF CONVENT & NORCO. ^ARAMCO OWNS 63.4% OF S-OIL WITH THE RE...
Volume: 60Issue: 10Published at Fri, 10 Mar 2017 -
Algeria Looks To Get Refining Expansion Back On Track With FEED Awards
...at were to be four 5mn tons/year (108,000 b/d) refinery projects – ie 20mn t/y, the equivalent of two-thirds of current capacity – for start-up from 2017. By mid-2015 the plan had slipped to two 108,000 b/d refineries and one 3mn t/y (64,000 b/d) plant, with start-up anticipated “beyond 2020.” No...
Volume: 59Issue: 10Published at Fri, 11 Mar 2016 -
KRG Boosts Oil Sector Integration With Bazian Refinery Expansion
...mplete the Bazian CDU and utilities by the fourth quarter of 2016 and the upgrading units by the fourth quarter of 2017, with a view to commercial operations by the start of 2018. To coincide with the refinery expansion, Qaiwan also plans to build a 120km, 18-inch pipeline with capacity to carry 12...
Volume: 57Issue: 10Published at Fri, 07 Mar 2014 -
QP And Shell Award MEG Plant FEED Contract To Fluor
...ggest they are looking to a 2017 start-up. Qatar’s Minister of Energy and Industry Muhammad al-Sada said: “The Al-Karaana petrochemicals complex has been envisioned to further boost Qatar’s rapidly growing stature in the global petrochemicals industry.” MEG Market Global demand for MEG was es...
Volume: 56Issue: 10Published at Fri, 08 Mar 2013