1. Saudi Arabia Chases Ambitious Downstream Strategy

    ...OFITS AND REVENUE REMAIN BELOW THEIR 2011 PEAK ($BN)   DOWNSTREAM DEALS             Besides the Sabic buy-in, Aramco has been progressing a number of overseas downstream projects in order to further the twin strategies of diversification and securing markets for its crude exports. Ar...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2019
  2. Egypt: Gas Shortage Fuels Record Diesel Demand

    ...14 vs1H13 vs 2009 vs 2004 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 CRUDE OIL: Production* 666 -10...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 12 Sep 2014
  3. Abu Dhabi Puts Tacaamol Back On Track With Aromatics FEED

    ...omatics compounds. Subsequently the Tacaamol owners – Chemaweyaat (51%) and IPIC (49%) – decided to make the plan more manageable by splitting Tacaamol into three phases.   UK-based Halcrow Group, which was acquired by CH2M Hill in November 2011, was awarded a contract in December 2010 to develop th...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2013
  4. Bahrain Opts For 360,000 B/D Expansion

    ...rks a scaling back – amid financing concerns – from earlier more ambitious plans for expansion to 450,000 b/d and beyond (MEES, 19 December 2011).   The $5-6bn project will be completed in steps with the first phase to come online in 2017 and the final phase in 2020. Originally Bapco hoped to se...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2013
  5. Refinery Restart Offers Hope To Libya’s Sirte Basin Producers

    ...the plant is moving ahead.  Ras Lanuf Restart The 220,000 b/d Ras Lanuf refinery restarted on 31 August for the first time since February 2011. Traders report already seeing export cargoes of fuel oil and naphtha on offer for September. The plant was the site of heavy fighting during 2011, bu...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 07 Sep 2012