1. Petro Rabigh Adds Hydrotreater

    ...nthly Jodi data. Saudi refinery throughputs for April were 1.84mn b/d, their lowest level since the 1.81mn b/d processed in November 2014 (see chart). Saudi refinery operations in 2020 had earlier been impacted by a mid-January to end-February shutdown of 440,000 b/d Satorp refinery at Jubail, a jo...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 19 Jun 2020
  2. Saudi Petchems JVs Get Greedy For Naphtha, Cutting Into Exports

    ...d April, from 89.5mn barrels at end-February to 86.0mn b/d at end-April to deliver an additional 3.5mn barrels or 57,400 b/d. Meanwhile, jet-kerosene output hit a record 313,000 b/d in April, while fuel oil demand of 302,000 b/d was the lowest since March 2014 (see chart). SAUDI REFINERY TH...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 22 Jun 2018
  3. Baghdad-KRG Refining Deal Eases Light Products Shortfall

    ...eraged 591,000 b/d in April, according to the latest information submitted by the ministry to the Riyadh-based Joint Organizations Data Initiative (Jodi). This is the highest monthly level since the 600,000 b/d reported in May 2014, the month before the onset of fighting between IS and federal forces in wh...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 23 Jun 2017
  4. Iraq Plans New Refining Capacity

    ...0,000 b/d refinery at Karbala, which the ministry decided to build without foreign investment. The ministry awarded a $6bn engineering, procurement and construction contract for Karbala in 2014 to a Korean consortium led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction. The Hyundai-led group has at times ha...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 23 Jun 2017
  5. Egyptian Refiners Award Contracts For New Gasoline Units, Plan Coker Rehab

    ...rlier estimated the overall cost of the plant at $250mn and said the plant was expected to start up in 2018. Egypt’s annual average gasoline demand reached a new peak of 144,000 b/d in 2014, when refinery output of 75,000 b/d required EGPC to import 69,000 b/d – equivalent to 48% of demand (see gr...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 19 Jun 2015
  6. Saudi Leads Capacity Expansion But Mideast Runs Slide-BP

    ...SAUDI ARABIA Middle East refiners raised their combined crude distillation capacity by 567,000 b/d or 6.9% in 2013 to 8.822mn b/d, according to the BP Statistical Review 2014. The largest increment, of 400,000 b/d, was in Saudi Arabia, taking the kingdom’s total throughput capacity to 2....

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 20 Jun 2014
  7. Saudi Mega-Projects Take Shape As Sadara Completes Financing

    ...cember 2014. IPC in June 2012 obtained a SR1.4bn ($373mn) loan from four Saudi banks and in November 2011 a SR600mn ($160mn) loan from Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF).   Meanwhile, on 13 June US plastics firm Invista announced an exclusive agreement with Petrochemical Conversion Company (PC...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2013