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Aramco Steps Up Multi-Billion Dollar Refinery Upgrade Strategy
...erica and Asia, and in late 2014 a clean fuels upgrade program was completed which reduced the sulfur levels in gasoline and diesel by more than 98% to 10 parts per million (MEES, 2 January 2015). Aramco is looking to upgrade its domestic refining fleet as part of broader plans to boost its liquids-to...
Volume: 68Issue: 18Published at Fri, 16 May 2025 -
Kuwaiti Oil Minister Under Fire As KPI Eyes Indian Refinery
...rtamina for refineries in their countries, which would process some Kuwaiti crude oil. However, the projects have not progressed since as the parties have yet to agree terms (MEES, 13 June 2014). Most recently KPI has taken a 50% stake in the $7bn Duqm export refinery project in Oman, with OOC. The 23...
Volume: 61Issue: 18Published at Fri, 04 May 2018 -
Iran: Condi Splitter Launch Promises Gasoline Self-Sufficiency – But When?
...January 2016. State refiner NIORDC expanded gasoline units at existing refineries with the aid of Chinese contractors and bulked out the fuel with additives from petchems plants – a practice that was halted because of growing pollution concerns (MEES, 25 April 2014). Gasoline imports fell to al...
Volume: 60Issue: 18Published at Fri, 05 May 2017 -
Sipchem Plans Sukuk To Diversify Funding Sources
...rk is intended to increase the reliability and efficiency of the units. In 2014 Sipchem and fellow Saudi petchems middleweight Sahara Chemicals had planned a merger to bring “significant synergies” in operations and create a strong platform for growth. The companies abandoned the plan, citing pr...
Volume: 59Issue: 18Published at Fri, 06 May 2016 -
Jihadists Take Iraq’s Baiji Refinery; Shell Delays Majnoon
...ll come much later than expected. IS began an assault on Baiji on 29 April, pounding the refinery with mortars, rockets and rocket-propelled grenades, as it made yet another concerted effort to capture the 360,000 b/d refinery, which has been in the Jihadists’ sights since their June 2014 in...
Volume: 58Issue: 18Published at Fri, 01 May 2015 -
Iraq’s Battered Refining Sector Gets Rare Boost From Basra Upgrade Award
...ocessing around 400,000 b/d since Islamic State (IS) fighters first seized control of the Baiji refinery in June 2014, and news it has allegedly fallen under the Jihadist group’s control again this week could mean it will be out of action now indefinitely (see page 8). The refinery has been severely da...
Volume: 58Issue: 18Published at Fri, 01 May 2015 -
KNPC Moves Al-Zour Forward; Saudi Plants Online By End-14
...e coker is operational. This is a similar process to the Satorp start-up, with both plants configured for Manifa crude (MEES, 18 October 2013). Takreer’s Ruwais Expansion, configured for Murban crude, was intended to start up in February 2014 (MEES, 9 November 2012). Now UAE Minister of Energy Su...
Volume: 57Issue: 18Published at Fri, 02 May 2014