1. Tunisia’s Oil Industry Faces Existential Crisis

    ...mour movement emerged in 2017 when protesters blocked the main oil pipeline at El Kamour in protest at lack of local investment and jobs in the southern provinces of Tataouine and Kebili (MEES, 2 June 2017). The protesters say the government has still not fulfilled pledges to tackle the issues (MEES, 26...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 33
    Published at Fri, 14 Aug 2020
  2. Sabic Losses Continue Due To Tough Market And Impairments

    ...vestments in the 4mn t/y Sadaf cracker-based complex – in which it bought Shell’s 50% stake for $820mn in 2017 (MEES, 27 January 2017) – and its Ar-Razi methanol joint venture with Japan’s JSMC near the Gulf coast industrial hub of Jubail, which it last year extended for 20 years while increasing its stake fr...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 33
    Published at Fri, 14 Aug 2020
  3. Abu Dhabi’s First Barakah Reactor Start-Up Points To 2024 Full Capacity

    ...ec’s control. When Enec began building the 1.4GW first unit in July 2012, Enec and Korean construction contractor Kepco envisaged the four units starting up at one-year intervals over the 2017-20 period. However, a scandal in Korea over fake safety certificates for some nuclear plant components ca...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 33
    Published at Fri, 14 Aug 2020