1. Algeria-Spain Spat Leaves 1.26GW Power Plant In Limbo

    ...lguera,” adding that it is now seeking “a definitive solution for all parties.” The project was originally awarded back in 2014 at a price tag of $719mn (MEES, 7 March 2014), with civil works completed by end-2016 (MEES, 15 September 2017). Satellite imagery indicates that substantial work has taken pl...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 28 Jun 2024
  2. India’s Reliance Signs Up To Key Abu Dhabi Downstream Project

    ...gn up to a ‘world-scale’ project. In 2017, Adnoc announced plans to more than triple its petrochemicals capacity to 14.4mn t/y by 2025 (MEES, 1 December 2017). As well as expanding its petrochemicals facilities, Adnoc is also working to move further along the value chain through the production of mo...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 02 Jul 2021
  3. Ecomar Thinks Big After Fujairah Refinery Start-Up

    ...vernment in 2007. Germany’s Uniper reached commercial operation of a 67,000 b/d refinery in 2017 (see map). Two plans to build refineries at Fujairah came to nothing. Former Abu Dhabi investment house IPIC abandoned a planned 200,000 b/d conventional refinery in 2016, before its merger with Mubadala (ME...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 26 Jun 2020
  4. Aramco Crude Oil To Chemicals Vision Takes Shape

    ...chnology; and 2025 may be a push as Aramco’s COTC technologies are so far not commercialized. Aramco and Sabic were developing crude-to-chemicals technologies separately before they signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in November 2017 to develop the COTC plant under a joint venture. Sabic filed a pa...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 28 Jun 2019
  5. Adnoc Joins Aramco In $44bn Indian Refining And Petchems Venture

    ...dian firms will hold 50% equity (IOC with 25%, BPCL and HPCL each with 12.5%). RRPCL was formed by the Indian firms in June 2017 to develop a 1.2mn b/d refinery comprising three 400,000 b/d crude distillation units (CDUs), which will be integrated with an 18mn tons/year petchems complex. While Ad...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 29 Jun 2018
  6. Mideast Refining Capacity Boost Underscores Growing ‘Hub’ Role- IEA

    ...minent deadline will be hit. Mideast Cdu Capacity (Mn B/D) Middle East Crude Distillation Capacity, Oil Products Demand 2013-19 (Mn B/D)   2013 2014 2015 2016 2017...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 27 Jun 2014
  7. UN: How GCC Petchems Players Can Combat Shale Revolution

    ...s Laffan, Qatar 2017 6.4 Chemaweyaat ADIC (40), IPIC (40), ADNOC (20) Al-Gharbia, UAE 2018 11.0-20.0 Al-Se...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 27 Jun 2014
  8. QP, Qapco Sign Al-Sejeel Polymers Deals

    ...llows the award by QP and Shell to US firm Fluor of a FEED contract for the planned Al-Karaana petrochemicals complex at Ras Laffan. Al-Karaana is due to start up in 2017 and will have capacity to produce 1.5mn t/y of monoethylene glycol, 300,000 t/y of linear alpha olefins and 250,000 t/y of oxo-al...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 28 Jun 2013