1. Aramco Shakes Up Downstream Operations

    ...cal industry and the grid (MEES, 3 July). Aramco has announced a plan to seek a license to sell electricity directly (MEES, 20 October 2017). ...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 17 Jul 2020
  2. Saudi Oil Sector Feeling The Strain Of Opec Cuts

    ...nsiderably higher than in recent years thanks to a massive expansion program. Gross exports are averaging 1.44mn b/d this year, substantially less than 2018’s record 1.97mn b/d, but still equal with 2017 for the second highest on record (see chart 3). On a net basis, refined products exports are on track to...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 19 Jul 2019
  3. Saudi Arabia Crude Exports Fell To A 19-Month Low In May ('000 B/D)

    ...CHANGES EXPRESSED IN PERCENTAGE POINT TERMS WHERE ORIGINAL FIGURES ARE PERCENTAGES. *EXCLUDES FIELD LPG (650-700,000 B/D). **NAPHTHA REFINERY OUTPUT INCLUDED IN 'OTHER' PRODUCTS TO DEC 2017 (479,000 B/D FOR 2017). ^PRESUMES ALL FUEL OIL CONSUMPTION IS BURNT IN POWER PLANTS. SOURCE: JO...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 19 Jul 2019
  4. Saudi Products Exports At Record Highs

    ...udi refinery runs averaged just over 2.60mn b/d in May, an 18% increase on the 2.2mn b/d reported for April when most of the Satorp work was carried out, but short of the almost 2.83mn b/d record throughput of December 2017 (see p7). And Satorp came back with a bang, taking to Twitter on 9 July to an...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 20 Jul 2018
  5. Aramco Eyes Sabic Stake

    ...sewhere. Given that the planned Aramco IPO that was intended to provide PIF with $100bn appears to have stalled, there is clear incentive for such a move. Sabic’s total 2017 output was 71.2mn tons/year, mainly of petrochemicals – including intermediate products – but also including around 5mn t/y of st...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 20 Jul 2018
  6. Saudi Arabia’s Rabigh-2 JV Joins Sadara In Starting Up New Units

    ...0 RABIGH-2 (Aramco/Sumitomo - 2017): 2,600 Paraxylene 1,340 Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) 80...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 21 Jul 2017
  7. Egypt Petchems Plans Continue To Expand As Tahrir Gets Styrene Plant

    ...exandria   } 1,020 460,000 t/y 45mn cfd ethane Ethydco Polyethylene (2015) Alexandria 400,000 t/y 460,000 t/y ethylene E-Styrenics Styrene (2017...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 17 Jul 2015
  8. Orpic Awards Liwa Technology Licenses As Gulf Petchem Juggernaut Rolls On

    ...abia 2016 50 polyacetal SABIC/Mitsubishi Jubail, S Arabia 2017 250 MMA, 40 PMMA QP/Shell (Al-Karaana) Ras Laffan, Qatar 2017...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 18 Jul 2014
  9. Turkey’s Petkim Nears Ethylene Expansion

    ...tkim complex, which currently relies on imports. Petkim has signed a 20-year agreement with the STAR Rafineri company for the supply of 270,000 t/y of mixed xylenes and 1.6mn t/y of naphtha. Socar Turkey aims to start up the refinery in 2017. Socar Turkey recently secured a total $3.29bn of loans fo...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 18 Jul 2014
  10. IEA Sees Mixed Fortunes For North African, Mideast Refiners

    ...skra and Tiaret. These are among four 100,000 b/d refineries planned for start-up in 2017 (MEES, 15 March). Algeria’s planning appears to be getting increasingly ambitious, with Ali Hached – advisor to energy minister Yousef Yousfi – telling reporters in early July that the country aims to build six re...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 19 Jul 2013
  11. QP And Qapco Award Al-Sejeel FEED to Bechtel

    ...th a target of raising total petrochemical output to 23mn t/y by 2020 from 16.8mn t/y at end-2012. Earlier QP and Shell awarded US firm Fluor a FEED contract for the Al-Karaana petrochemicals complex at Ras Laffan. This is due to start up in 2017 with capacity to produce 1.5mn t/y of monoethylene gl...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 19 Jul 2013