1. Egypt’s Gasoline Imports Rising, But Key Hydrocracker Start-up Put Back To 2018

    ...t diesel imports appear to have settled around the 150,000 b/d mark on an annual basis in 2015-16 after a sharp rise from 2014, and the Q1 2017 net imports of 146,000 b/d are only slightly higher than the 140,000 b/d for Q1 2016. Quarterly data for net diesel imports appeared to have flattened out ye...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 26 May 2017
  2. Sonatrach Revises Algeria Petchems Strategy, But Feedstock Issues Remain

    ...6mn t/y ethane-fed ethylene derivatives complex and a 3mn t/y plastics/elastomers complex with a naphtha-fed cracker (MEES, 19 December 2014). The polyolefins plant as now envisaged will process ethane, LPG and naphtha to produce high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), li...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 22 May 2015
  3. Iran Refineries Produced 1.64Mn B/D Last Year; CDU Capacity 1.86Mn B/D

    ...rch 2014. This represents a capacity utilization rate of 88.1%. Diesel and gasoline together accounted for 60% of total output. However, Iranian data submitted to JODI indicates Iran’s refineries produced an average 1.81mn b/d for the roughly similar April 2013-March 2014 period, up slightly from 1....

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 23 May 2014
  4. Turkey Joins MENA Capacity Surge As Socar Awards STAR Refinery Contract

    ...intains that the official start-up target is still fourth quarter 2014.   The IEA also expects start-up of Kuwait’s planned 615,000 b/d Al-Zour refinery “by 2022”, although Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation (KNPC) still aims to complete the plant by 2018. KNPC recently reissued invitations to bi...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 24 May 2013