1. Sadara Starts First Saudi PMDI, BGE Plants; Targets Polyurethane, Solvent Markets

    ...ll as 700,000 t/y of paraxylene and 200,000 t/y of propylene (MEES, 15 August 2014). Aramco is mulling further petchems capacity at Jubail, where besides Sadara and Satorp it has equity in the 300,000 b/d Sasref refinery joint venture with Anglo-Dutch major Shell. Aramco’s website says the co...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 23
    Published at Fri, 09 Jun 2017
  2. Iran Taps Koreans For Tabriz Refinery, Eyes $3.3bn Siraf Funding

    ...esel output from Tabriz at the expense of fuel oil. No schedule was announced, but the study is expected to take six months, according to Mehr News Agency. Latest data available from NIORDC show Tabriz refinery producing 21,000 b/d of gasoline and 42,000 b/d of gasoline in 2014, when fuel oil ou...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 23
    Published at Fri, 10 Jun 2016
  3. Abu Dhabi Borouge 3 Petchems Ramp-Up Delay

    ...rgo of polymers from Borouge 3 via the nearby Khalifa Port in October 2014. While initial cargoes of polyethylene and polypropylene were sold within the Middle East, deliveries to Asia are now building. ETHANE SQUEEZE The Borouge JV operates three petrochemicals complexes at Ruwais, producing po...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 23
    Published at Fri, 05 Jun 2015
  4. Reality Check For Libya’s Downstream Plans

    ...r 2014 to cover some of the early phases of the master plan,” NOC downstream development chief Muhammad Ellob told the 3rd New Libya Oil and Gas Forum held in London last week. Early works for the upgrade of the 120,000 b/d Zawiya refinery west of Tripoli and the construction of a 20...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 23
    Published at Fri, 06 Jun 2014
  5. Qatar Starts Up Clean Diesel Unit, Targets ‘Next Generation’ Chemicals

    ...nstruction beginning in July 2012. The plant was connected up to the Laffan Refinery electricity network in January 2014, ready for the shutdown of LR1 for the hook-up. Full operation of the DHT plant will mark the completion of the smallest of a number of downstream developments currently under way in Qa...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 23
    Published at Fri, 06 Jun 2014
  6. Technip Awarded Iraq And Abu Dhabi Refinery Contracts

    ...ew to completion in 2014. The company recently said the Ruwais expansion project was more than 85% complete. The expansion is mainly aimed at keeping pace with rising domestic demand for cleaner gasoline and jet fuel, while also enabling the export of products to Asia. Takreer says the objective of th...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 23
    Published at Fri, 07 Jun 2013