1. Saudi Arabia Reaps Benefit Of Gas Supply Boost

    ...9,000 b/d were the lowest January figure since 2017. Fuel oil consumption, primarily for power and water desalination, averaged 401,000 b/d, which was down 200,000 b/d on December and also a four-year low. SAUDI ARABIA direct Crude burn (‘000 B/D)  HAS STARTED THE YEAR AT LOWS NOT SEEN SINCE 2017...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 19 Mar 2021
  2. Mauritania: Cairn Entry

    ...ES, 27 August 2012). After making a third sub-commercial discovery, Frégate, in 2012-13 (MEES, 13 February 2013), the two firms quit the acreage in 2017, only for Total to snap up Block C7 later the same year. BP and partner Kosmos are the key players off Mauritania with two major hub LNG de...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 13 Mar 2020
  3. Sabic Merging Petrokemya & Sadaf Units

    ...clude ethylene as well as styrene and ethylene dichloride, which are respectively used to make ABS and PVC. Sabic aims to complete the merger during the second half of 2019. Sabic bought 50% partner Shell out of Sadaf for $820mn in 2017, terminating a joint venture deal due to end in 2020 (MEES, 27 Ja...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 15 Mar 2019