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Aramco Ramps Up Domestic Petchems Supply Slate, Boosts Saudi Manufacturing
...d superabsorbent polymer from the original plan (MEES, 30 May 2014). Nevertheless, Aramco and partners Dow (at the Sadara complex) and Sumitomo will offer customers a range of products unprecedented in the kingdom, enabling the manufacturing of goods for global industries including automotives, pa...
Volume: 61Issue: 02Published at Fri, 12 Jan 2018 -
Saudi Shortlists Two In Solar Tender – But Not The Cheapest
...ant, which was inaugurated in 2014 after being built as a pilot project by state petroleum firm Bapco to supply some electricity to its Awali refinery. Iran is the largest renewables operator in the region, with 11.64GW of end-2016 capacity. However, 11.49GW (99%) of this is hydropower. Iran’s en...
Volume: 61Issue: 02Published at Fri, 12 Jan 2018 -
Opec’s 2017 Output The Second Highest On Record; What Does 2018 Hold?
...another “full year” of cuts in accordance with November’s agreement (MEES, 1 December 2017). For sure, Opec last year secured its first annual output fall since 2014: production averaged 32.49mn b/d. However, the big caveat is that this was just 130,000 b/d shy of 2016’s record 32.62mn b/d and th...
Volume: 61Issue: 02Published at Fri, 12 Jan 2018 -
Algeria Bans Imports In Latest Move To Curb Deficit
...15 2014 2013 REVENUE (AD BN) 6,714 +19.1 +14.1 +41...
Volume: 61Issue: 02Published at Fri, 12 Jan 2018 -
Iraq: Record Exports, But Contract Reform Hangs In The Balance
...ports of 3.535mn b/d in December. This edged out December 2016’s previous record of 3.519mn b/d. With average crude export prices averaging a more than three-year high of $59.29/B, revenues of $6.496bn were the most since September 2014. Full-year revenues of $59.3bn were the highest since 2014’s $84...
Volume: 61Issue: 01Published at Fri, 05 Jan 2018 -
China LNG Buying At Record Levels, Prices At 3-Year High
...ns seen in 2013 and 2014. • Each of the top three importers stepped up buying in December, with a continuing period of sub-zero temperatures across much of Korea and Japan combining with the record Chinese buying. • Spot prices rose to $11.20/mn BTU in late December and early January, ac...
Volume: 61Issue: 01Published at Fri, 05 Jan 2018 -
Saudi Hikes Gasoline Prices, Hard On Heels Of Electricity Tariffs Rise
...erage household consumed 2,000kWh/month in 2014. Until this year such users paid just SR100 ($27)/month given that the first 2,000kWh/month of consumption was charged at SR0.05/kWh. From 1 January they will pay SR360 ($96)/month, a more than threefold increase. But with the price for usage above 6,...
Volume: 61Issue: 01Published at Fri, 05 Jan 2018 -
The USA: The Global Oil Trade Titan
...e charts, p16). The provisional December crude output figure of 9.77mn b/d is up almost exactly 1mn b/d year-on-year; add in NGLs and output gains during calendar 2017 are 1.4mn b/d, second only to 2014’s record 2mn b/d growth. The vast bulk of these gains are light oil: of course NGLs, largely th...
Volume: 61Issue: 01Published at Fri, 05 Jan 2018 -
Qatar Petroleum Presses Ahead With Shakeup
...7bn thanks to the startup of the 146,000 b/d Ras Laffan 2 condensate splitter. If it wasn’t for technical problems forcing a temporary shutdown at Ras Laffan 1 in April, the revenue gains would have been higher. November’s $630mn products’ revenue was the highest since July 2014. IOCS IN QATAR’S CR...
Volume: 61Issue: 01Published at Fri, 05 Jan 2018