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Lebanon Hooked On Diesel Imports Amid Financial Crisis
...ich runs through Jordan and Syria. Even these volumes were only ever sufficient to supply one of its two gas turbines, while flows were sporadic and halted entirely following attacks on the pipeline in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in 2011. Meanwhile the Zahrani power plant lacks the required infrastructure to...
Volume: 66Issue: 35Published at Fri, 01 Sep 2023 -
Saudi Petchems Firms: Consolidation Ahead?
...merging the two companies,” while caveating that entering discussions “does not necessarily mean that the deal will take place.” Indeed, the companies entered into talks about a similar merger in 2011 without concluding a deal. The proposed merger comes at a time when Saudi petchems firms of al...
Volume: 63Issue: 39Published at Fri, 25 Sep 2020 -
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: 62Issue: 37Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2019 -
Aramco Eyes Houston Refining Hub As Motiva Break-Up Advances
...mpany is in advanced negotiations with Chinese state firm CNPC for joint construction of a refinery in China’s southwestern Yunnan province. “We hope to reach an agreement this year,” he said. CNPC and Aramco signed an MoU in March 2011 to jointly build the first refinery in the province, which wo...
Volume: 59Issue: 36Published at Fri, 09 Sep 2016 -
Israel Refineries Maintain KRG-Fueled Near-Record Runs
...%. > In contrast the 100,000 b/d-capacity Paz Ashdod refinery held output at a record 107,000 b/d throughout the first six months of 2015. The company is reaping the benefits of a major expansion and upgrade of Ashdod refinery in 2011 and 2012 (MEES, 29 August 2014), which not only increased crude di...
Volume: 58Issue: 39Published at Fri, 25 Sep 2015 -
GCC Fertilizers Capacity Hits 41Mn T/Y, But Feedstock Crunch Awaits
...particular is diversifying by mining indigenous phosphate to produce DAP. First DAP fertilizer was produced in 2011 and Saudi DAP capacity is now 3.4mn t/y. Saudi miner Ma’aden is expanding its phosphate developments under a $7.97bn program, says the GPCA. More conventionally, Bahrain’s Gulf Pe...
Volume: 58Issue: 38Published at Fri, 18 Sep 2015 -
Egypt: Gas Shortage Fuels Record Diesel Demand
...14 vs1H13 vs 2009 vs 2004 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 CRUDE OIL: Production* 666 -10...
Volume: 57Issue: 37Published at Fri, 12 Sep 2014 -
Petro Rabigh Cracker: Limited Restart
...488.9mn ($130.4mn) for 2012 and SR65.9mn ($17.6mn) for 2011, when a “plant shutdown was experienced due to periodical test and inspection.” In related news, Petrochem reported to the Tadawul exchange on 24 September that its polymer plant was forced to shut down for 10-12 days due to a fault wi...
Volume: 56Issue: 39Published at Fri, 27 Sep 2013 -
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: 56Issue: 37Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2013 -
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: 56Issue: 37Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2013 -
Saudi Aramco Progressing Strategic Downstream Projects
...oducts. At the heart of the project is a dual‐feed cracker which will produce 1.5mn t/y of ethylene and 400,000 t/y of propylene. At the signing of the Sadara joint venture shareholders agreements in October 2011, Saudi Aramco CEO Khalid al-Falih said that ample and reliable supplies of fe...
Volume: 55Issue: 40Published at Fri, 28 Sep 2012 -
QPI Says Musturud First Step In $8Bn Egypt Energy Investment
...int venture with Egypt’s Orient Company – a specially constructed investment vehicle operated by ERC parent company Citadel Capital – and EGPC. ERC finalized the funding for Musturud in June, after a process that was complicated by the 2011 overthrow of Husni Mubarak. Financing includes $2.6bn in debt an...
Volume: 55Issue: 40Published at Fri, 28 Sep 2012 -
Algeria Advances Refining Expansion With Start Of Biskra Construction
...om 22mn t/y at the start of 2011 (see table).The Arzew refinery was expanded from 50,000 b/d to 75,000 b/d late last year, whilst work to expand the country’s largest plant at Skikda by 10% to 330,000 b/d and boost diesel and gasoline production is ongoing and set for completion early next year. The pl...
Volume: 55Issue: 39Published at Fri, 21 Sep 2012 -
Saudi Aramco Preparing For Riyadh Refinery Clean Fuels Upgrade
...eeler SOFCON consortium was awarded a contract for the FEED and project management services in July 2011. It comprises a subsidiary of Foster Wheeler’s Engineering and Construction Group and A Al-Saihati, A Fattani & O Al-Othman Consulting Engineering Company (SOFCON). Project Scope Fo...
Volume: 55Issue: 38Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2012 -
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: 55Issue: 37Published at Fri, 07 Sep 2012