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Iraq Plans Qayara Refinery Expansion
...veiled plans for multiple greenfield refineries, but the only one to progress is a 140,000 b/d project at Karbala awarded to a Korean consortium led by Hyundai E&C under a $6bn contract in 2014 (MEES, 21 February 2014). The delayed project now targets 2022-startup, though even this looks optimistic. Th...
Volume: 63Issue: 37Published at Fri, 11 Sep 2020 -
Oman Eyes 2018 Completion Of Linked Downstream Projects, But Liwa Cost Rising
...ld reporters this week that work on the Sohar refinery expansion, which began in 2014, is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2016. The products pipeline and storage terminal are scheduled for completion in 2017, while Liwa will be ready for start-up in 2018. LIWA COULD COST $5B...
Volume: 58Issue: 37Published at Fri, 11 Sep 2015 -
Crude Output Hits Record Ahead Of Refining Expansion
...untry’s main producer, averaging 943,000 b/d of oil and condensates output in 2014. With state-owned refiner Orpic’s two refineries having combined capacity of 222,000 b/d, the bulk of Oman’s liquids output is available for export. Crude intake at the Sohar and Mina al-Fahal refineries averaged 19...
Volume: 58Issue: 37Published at Fri, 11 Sep 2015 -
Egypt: Gas Shortage Fuels Record Diesel Demand
...0,000 b/d of products imports (assuming most is diesel in line with Egypt’s current import slate), the equivalent of around 90% of Egypt’s first half 2014 import requirements on a net basis (see table). Already products imports have soared. Overall net products imports hit a record 277,000 b/d in June. Fu...
Volume: 57Issue: 37Published at Fri, 12 Sep 2014 -
Abu Dhabi Puts Tacaamol Back On Track With Aromatics FEED
...integrated BTX unit would produce benzene, toluene, paraxylene, orthoxylene and metaxylene, as well as light naphtha and LPG for export. The Tacaamol schedule has slipped from the initially envisaged 2014 start-up. Until recently Chemaweyaat had been looking to start FEED work in late 20...
Volume: 56Issue: 37Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2013 -
Oryx GTL: Sasol Cautiously Optimistic
...gher US GTL feasibility study cost.” Sasol plans to debottleneck Oryx by 2014 in a drive to boost capacity by 10%; however, industry sources indicated to MEES that this may slip back to early 2015 (MEES, 16 August). The Oryx plant’s current production capacity is 24,000 b/d of gasoil, 9,...
Volume: 56Issue: 37Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2013