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Oman LNG: Record Volumes Generated $6.5bn Revenues For 2024
...joying a profitable turn in recent years. Following the resurgence of upstream gas output since the 2017 startup of the 1.5bn cfd Khazzan/Ghazeer tight gas project, Muscat has been racing to expand its liquefaction capacity. Back in 2022 Oman LNG completed debottlenecking work at its three-train Sur fa...
Volume: 68Issue: 27Published at Fri, 04 Jul 2025 -
Al Zour Emerges As Qatar’s VLSFO Supplier Of Choice
...th the International Maritime Organization’s 2020 regulation.” Qatar had earlier been forced to quickly develop its bunkering capabilities following the start of the embargo imposed on it by neighboring states between June 2017 and January 2021, with Qatari vessels prohibited from calling at Fu...
Volume: 66Issue: 30Published at Fri, 28 Jul 2023 -
Aramco Trading Caught In Crossfire Of UAE-Saudi Rivalry
...ding, its presence in Fujairah, it would be the second time in less than five years that geopolitical developments have impacted the emirate’s role as a regional hub. The UAE’s participation in the Qatar embargo from 2017 until January this year prevented Qatari vessels from calling at Fujairah. The up...
Volume: 64Issue: 27Published at Fri, 09 Jul 2021 -
India’s Reliance Signs Up To Key Abu Dhabi Downstream Project
...gn up to a ‘world-scale’ project. In 2017, Adnoc announced plans to more than triple its petrochemicals capacity to 14.4mn t/y by 2025 (MEES, 1 December 2017). As well as expanding its petrochemicals facilities, Adnoc is also working to move further along the value chain through the production of mo...
Volume: 64Issue: 26Published at Fri, 02 Jul 2021 -
Oman Refining Output Collapses To Three-Year Low In Q2
...port revenues for the financially challenged sultanate. Oil products exports brought in $2.71bn and $2.41bn in 2018 and 2019 respectively (a not insignificant 10% of total oil and gas export revenues), up from just $1bn in 2017 (MEES, 27 March). But, like many other facets of the oil industry, the co...
Volume: 63Issue: 31Published at Fri, 31 Jul 2020 -
Iran Hikes Capacity At Persian Gulf Star Condensate Splitters
...0,000 b/d and increase gasoline output capacity to 309,000 b/d. With US sanctions choking crude oil exports, gasoline exports represent a critical revenue generator for Tehran. Iranian oil and gas earnings dropped to $8.9bn for the 2019-20 Iranian year (to March 2020), less than a third of 2017-18’s $27...
Volume: 63Issue: 30Published at Fri, 24 Jul 2020 -
Iran Plans Northern Propylene Plant
...at delivers ethylene from crackers near Assaluyeh to a number of polyethylene plants in underdeveloped areas of western Iran (MEES, 21 April 2017). Mr Mohammadi says Iran’s propylene capacity is currently 900,000 t/y and “we are trying to increase this to 3mn t/y.” He told the petroleum mi...
Volume: 63Issue: 30Published at Fri, 24 Jul 2020 -
Adnoc Investment Boost For Petchems-Fuelled Ruwais Plans
...fining and petrochemicals complex” (MEES, 18 May 2018). Under the 2030 strategy, Adnoc will boost refining capacity by 60% to 1.44mn b/d and more than triple petchems capacity to 14.4mn t/y by 2025 (MEES, 1 December 2017). The derivatives park is intended to be “a key enabler of Adnoc Downstream’s 20...
Volume: 63Issue: 30Published at Fri, 24 Jul 2020 -
Aramco Shakes Up Downstream Operations
...cal industry and the grid (MEES, 3 July). Aramco has announced a plan to seek a license to sell electricity directly (MEES, 20 October 2017). ...
Volume: 63Issue: 29Published at Fri, 17 Jul 2020 -
Aramco Committed To Crude-to-Chemicals But Delays Development Decision
...chnologies with a cracker (MEES, 1 December 2017). CRUDE OIL TO CHEMICALS CONCEPT SOURCE: MEES. ...
Volume: 63Issue: 27Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2020 -
Hormuz Upheaval Spells Uncertainty For Fujairah Expansion Plans
...jairah (MEES, 19 July), and sales had already slipped since July 2017 when Qatar-vessels were banned. ADNOC PLANS FUJAIRAH TRADE BOOM Fujairah is central to Abu Dhabi state firm Adnoc’s plans to develop into a trading powerhouse. The firm is developing a massive 42mn barrel (6.8mn m³) un...
Volume: 62Issue: 30Published at Fri, 26 Jul 2019 -
Saudi Oil Sector Feeling The Strain Of Opec Cuts
...nsiderably higher than in recent years thanks to a massive expansion program. Gross exports are averaging 1.44mn b/d this year, substantially less than 2018’s record 1.97mn b/d, but still equal with 2017 for the second highest on record (see chart 3). On a net basis, refined products exports are on track to...
Volume: 62Issue: 29Published at Fri, 19 Jul 2019 -
Saudi Arabia Crude Exports Fell To A 19-Month Low In May ('000 B/D)
...CHANGES EXPRESSED IN PERCENTAGE POINT TERMS WHERE ORIGINAL FIGURES ARE PERCENTAGES. *EXCLUDES FIELD LPG (650-700,000 B/D). **NAPHTHA REFINERY OUTPUT INCLUDED IN 'OTHER' PRODUCTS TO DEC 2017 (479,000 B/D FOR 2017). ^PRESUMES ALL FUEL OIL CONSUMPTION IS BURNT IN POWER PLANTS. SOURCE: JO...
Volume: 62Issue: 29Published at Fri, 19 Jul 2019 -
End In Sight For Egypt’s Fuel Subsidies
...nce increased: after averaging $1= E£17.74 during the 2017-18 financial year it has been around $1= E£16.60 in recent weeks. Given that oil products are internationally-traded commodities priced in dollars, these prices largely determine the size of the country’s subsidy bill. Here Egypt has been ma...
Volume: 62Issue: 28Published at Fri, 12 Jul 2019 -
Aramco Pushing Asian Downstream Projects In Major Crude-Buying Countries
...pacity of 2.68mn b/d, of which Asia refineries dominate with 2.04mn b/d. Aramco also operates the 635,000 b/d Motiva Port Arthur refinery in Texas, having bought out former JV partner Shell (MEES, 10 March 2017). Because of Aramco’s now outright ownership, Port Arthur is its largest overseas downstream as...
Volume: 62Issue: 27Published at Fri, 05 Jul 2019 -
Saudi Products Exports At Record Highs
...udi refinery runs averaged just over 2.60mn b/d in May, an 18% increase on the 2.2mn b/d reported for April when most of the Satorp work was carried out, but short of the almost 2.83mn b/d record throughput of December 2017 (see p7). And Satorp came back with a bang, taking to Twitter on 9 July to an...
Volume: 61Issue: 29Published at Fri, 20 Jul 2018 -
Aramco Eyes Sabic Stake
...sewhere. Given that the planned Aramco IPO that was intended to provide PIF with $100bn appears to have stalled, there is clear incentive for such a move. Sabic’s total 2017 output was 71.2mn tons/year, mainly of petrochemicals – including intermediate products – but also including around 5mn t/y of st...
Volume: 61Issue: 29Published at Fri, 20 Jul 2018 -
Middle East Downstream Eyes Bunkers Boost From IMO Rules
...ys. The IEA expects additional gasoil/diesel to come from the US, followed by the Middle East, Russia and China. Saudi Arabia has developed some refineries targeting overseas sales, exporting a record 516,000 b/d of diesel in 2017. Similarly, the UAE exported a record 92,000 b/d of diesel last year, al...
Volume: 61Issue: 28Published at Fri, 13 Jul 2018 -
$11bn Egypt Petchems Project Belatedly Green Lighted
...ough Egypt’s overall economic fortunes have improved over the last 18 months the country’s overall quarterly trade deficit remains stuck at around $9bn (an annual $36.5bn for 2017) as higher prices for oil imports have cancelled out a rise in export earnings (see p13). Tahrir’s anticipated export re...
Volume: 61Issue: 27Published at Fri, 06 Jul 2018 -
Saudi Arabia’s Rabigh-2 JV Joins Sadara In Starting Up New Units
...0 RABIGH-2 (Aramco/Sumitomo - 2017): 2,600 Paraxylene 1,340 Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) 80...
Volume: 60Issue: 29Published at Fri, 21 Jul 2017