1. Gulf Refiners Eye Record 2021 Capacity Boost With Completion Of Delayed Mega-Projects

    ...aning instead towards a 400,000 b/d facility alongside expanding existing plants by 200,000 b/d. Of Gulf countries only Iran and Qatar do not have new capacity under development, though Iran, having added 480,000 b/d of condensate splitter capacity at the Persian Gulf Star complex between 2017 and 20...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 52
    Published at Thu, 24 Dec 2020
  2. Petchems To Dominate MENA 2016 Downstream After 2013-14 CDU Boost

    ...its during 2017-18. Egyptian state petchems firm Echem is also progressing a number of petrochemicals projects, including two which could potentially be completed in 2016: Ethydco Ethylene, a 460,000 t/y ethane cracker; and the 400,000 t/y Ethydco Polyethylene plant which will process most of the cr...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 52
    Published at Wed, 23 Dec 2015