1. Kuwait Completes First Package Of Mina Abdullah CFP

    ...oduction of Euro 5 specification fuels. Contracts worth $12bn were awarded in 2014 with construction work scheduled to be completed in late-2017 (MEES, 14 February 2014). After years of delays CFP is now approaching completion. The latest landmark came as US contractor Fluor announced on 18 August that it...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 34
    Published at Fri, 21 Aug 2020
  2. Kuwait: Al-Zour Re-Award But Delay Likely

    ...am al-Marzuq says samples will be analyzed to determine the source. The spill is unlikely to hasten a solution to a dispute between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia over Neutral Zone operations, which has seen 300,000 b/d Khafji field shut in since October 2014 and the 200,000 b/d onshore Wafra field si...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 34
    Published at Fri, 25 Aug 2017
  3. Dubai 50% Splitter Boost

    ...s share of the UAE diesel, jet fuel and LPG markets. Enoc expanded the capacity of its twin-splitter Jebel Ali plant from 120,000 b/d to 140,000 b/d in 2012. Further expansion has been planned for some time, with Enoc awarding US engineering firm KBR a front end engineering design contract in 2014...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 34
    Published at Fri, 26 Aug 2016
  4. Kuwait Awards Final Contract For Al-Zour Refinery With Ageing Shuaiba Down Again

    ...troleum Council for a 22% budget hike. It was only with the appointment of current Minister of Oil ‘Ali al-’Umair in December 2013 that the Al-Zour refinery and a planned clean fuels project at Kuwait’s three existing refineries progressed beyond the debating chamber (MEES, 2 May 2014). Three projects wo...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 34
    Published at Fri, 21 Aug 2015
  5. DRPIC Tenders Duqm Refinery Site Prep

    ...rk tender is expected to be followed by prequalification for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the refinery in third quarter 2014. DRPIC appointed Shaw Group as project management consultant for the 230,000 b/d refinery in August 2012. The US contractor’s energy and ch...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 34
    Published at Fri, 22 Aug 2014
  6. Orpic Tenders Liwa FEED As Oman Joins Middle East Plastics Boom

    ...increased propylene supply. Deliveries will be raised by 30,000 t/y to 80,000 t/y beginning 1 January 2014 as APC hikes PP output.   2013 Additions To Middle East Petrochemicals Projects Pipeline Operator(s) Location Start-Up...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 34
    Published at Fri, 23 Aug 2013