1. Iraq Awards Technology Contracts For Karbala Refinery, Plans Basra Boost

    ...nuary-August this year: 46,000 b/d gasoline, 28,000 b/d diesel and 9,000 b/d LPG. Iraq’s products supply has been hit badly by closure of its largest refinery at Baiji since June 2014, due to damage sustained in fighting between government forces and Islamic State (IS) jihadists for control of the si...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 13 Nov 2015
  2. Mideast Refining Surge To Continue Through 2040

    ...om 8.5% to 12.2%, while OPEC sees a hike from 8.1% to 11.5% (see Table 1). The IEA’s World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2014 envisages Middle East refinery throughputs rising from 6.6mn b/d in 2013 to 8.5mn b/d in 2020 and 10.6mn b/d in 2040. OPEC’s World Oil Outlook (WOO) 2014 (MEES, 7 November), sees ru...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 14 Nov 2014
  3. Takreer Awards Carbon Black/Coker Plant As Ruwais Expansion Takes Shape

    ...at, the CBDC plant. The expansion plant will have the capacity to process 417,000 b/d of ADNOC’s Murban crude. Construction is under way with a view to completion in February 2014.   Takreer says the objective of the CBDC plant is to add value by upgrading bunker fuel and propane. This will in...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 09 Nov 2012