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Kuwait Plans Big Downstream Strides, But Takes Small Steps
...gineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for both Al-Zour and the clean fuels project in 2014. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) market research manager Nagham al-‘Umar told the Platts Oil Markets Middle East conference in Dubai on 11 December that Kuwait’s refineries are currently pr...
Volume: 56Issue: 50Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2013 -
Saudi Petchems Firms See Technology As Key To Specialized Markets
...chloride SABIC 2014 140,000 t/y ABS SABIC/Mitsubishi 2014 250,000 t/y MMA, 40,000 t/y PMMA Sipchem 2014 63,000 t/y polybutylene te...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Oman Takes Its Place In Gulf Refining Expansion
...sref) Yanbu’, S Arabia 400 U/C**. Due onstream 2014. Takreer (Ruwais Expansion) Ruwais, UAE 417 U/C. Due onstream 2014. NIOC (Persian Gulf St...
Volume: 56Issue: 48Published at Fri, 29 Nov 2013 -
Mideast Condensate To Increasingly Feed Gulf Petchems
...ed As Petrochemical Feedstock (‘000 B/D) Direct Use Splitters (40% of below numbers)* 2012 2014 2016 2012 2014...
Volume: 56Issue: 47Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2013 -
Gulf Petchem Firms Eye Additions To Busy Projects Schedule
...sts, and preparing a tender for front-end engineering design (FEED). Completion is scheduled for first quarter 2014. Foster Wheeler was also earlier awarded a contract by Kuwait’s Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC), for a pre-feasibility study and market report for a proposed ar...
Volume: 56Issue: 44Published at Fri, 01 Nov 2013 -
Iraq Signs Misan Deal With Satarem As Refineries Program Gathers Pace
...vernment’s equity and offtake and products pricing. The ministry is looking for a construction start in 2014 with a view to completion in 2018. Shaw Group – subsequently taken over by fellow US contractor CB&I – was awarded contracts for a feasibility study and front-end engineering design (FEED) fo...
Volume: 56Issue: 42Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013 -
SABIC Chief Calls For Support
...8%, increase ethylene output by 2% and “transform the cracker into one of the best in Europe.” Mr Mady told reporters at the meeting that SABIC aims to decide by the end of 2014 on developing a new cracker in the US to process shale gas. Discussions are under way with a number of potential pa...
Volume: 56Issue: 42Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013 -
Dubai Refinery Doubts Amid Gulf Capacity Surge
...test Dimensions International magazine says construction is expected to be completed in June 2014. Gulf Refining Project Operator (Project) Location Plan Aramco/ExxonMobil (Samref) Yanbu’, S Ar...
Volume: 56Issue: 40Published at Fri, 04 Oct 2013 -
Gulf Refiners Ramp Up Capacity
...w 400,000 b/d refineries at Yanbu’ and Jazan, Saudi Aramco is maintaining its 2014 and 2016 start-up targets (see table). Gulf Refineries Scheduled For Start-Up 2013-21 (‘000 B/D) Operator (Project) Location Ca...
Volume: 56Issue: 38Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2013 -
Abu Dhabi Puts Tacaamol Back On Track With Aromatics FEED
...integrated BTX unit would produce benzene, toluene, paraxylene, orthoxylene and metaxylene, as well as light naphtha and LPG for export. The Tacaamol schedule has slipped from the initially envisaged 2014 start-up. Until recently Chemaweyaat had been looking to start FEED work in late 20...
Volume: 56Issue: 37Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2013 -
Oryx GTL: Sasol Cautiously Optimistic
...gher US GTL feasibility study cost.” Sasol plans to debottleneck Oryx by 2014 in a drive to boost capacity by 10%; however, industry sources indicated to MEES that this may slip back to early 2015 (MEES, 16 August). The Oryx plant’s current production capacity is 24,000 b/d of gasoil, 9,...
Volume: 56Issue: 37Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2013 -
Sadara/Solvay Start Work On Hydrogen Peroxide Unit
...erator Location Start-Up Capacity Sipchem Jubail 2013 200,000 t/y EVA and LDPE PCC Jubail 2014...
Volume: 56Issue: 36Published at Fri, 06 Sep 2013 -
Iran Dusts Off Refineries Plan As Zanganeh Takes Charge
...rs gas field. State news agency IRNA says the first of the project’s three 120,000 b/d condensate splitters is two-thirds complete and scheduled to start up in 2014 (MEES, 15 March). NIORDC boss Alireza Zeighami says Tehran authorized the company to spend up to $5bn to speed up construction of...
Volume: 56Issue: 35Published at Fri, 30 Aug 2013 -
Orpic Tenders Liwa FEED As Oman Joins Middle East Plastics Boom
...increased propylene supply. Deliveries will be raised by 30,000 t/y to 80,000 t/y beginning 1 January 2014 as APC hikes PP output. 2013 Additions To Middle East Petrochemicals Projects Pipeline Operator(s) Location Start-Up...
Volume: 56Issue: 34Published at Fri, 23 Aug 2013 -
Qatar Nears Full GTL Output, Eyes Competitors’ Projects
...tput: “Most of the problems of reliability have been resolved to some extent,” an industry source tells MEES. But the debottlenecking – from tuning various parts, such as pumps – to boost capacity 10% by 2014 may slip back to early 2015, he said. The expansion will give a production capacity of 24...
Volume: 56Issue: 33Published at Fri, 16 Aug 2013 -
Saudi Petchem Firms Target Specialized Markets
...bail 2014 50,000 t/y nylon 66 SABIC Jubail 2014 140,000 t/y ABS SABIC/Mitsubishi Rayon Jubail 2014 25...
Volume: 56Issue: 31Published at Fri, 02 Aug 2013 -
Sipchem-Hanwha EVA/Molds JV
...ternational Diol Company (IDC) affiliate’s 75,000 t/y butanediol plant in Jubail. Work is expected to improve the plant’s efficiency and reliability and is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2014. On 17 July Sipchem announced its 2Q13 financial results, with increased profits being at...
Volume: 56Issue: 30Published at Fri, 26 Jul 2013 -
Saudi Firms Award Butanol And Polyacetal Plant Contracts
...,000 t/y of iso-butanol. Project Schedules Saudi Kayan said construction of the butanol plant – which will be the world’s largest and first in the Middle East (MEES, 4 January) – would begin in January 2014, with project completion anticipated in May 2015: “It is scheduled to start its trial ru...
Volume: 56Issue: 28Published at Fri, 12 Jul 2013 -
Iran Takes Steps Towards Planned Tripling Of Gasoline Output
...pplant regular gasoline, although prices would not be raised. Tabriz and Isfahan would be the next cities to receive cleaner gasoline, with deliveries being extended to other major cities by the end of March 2014. On 28 June NIOPDC reported that Iran’s average daily gasoline co...
Volume: 56Issue: 27Published at Fri, 05 Jul 2013 -
Indonesia Spikes Aramco Refinery, Knocks Back KPC
...rticipate in a 200,000 b/d refinery CNPC is building in Kunming in southwest Yunnan province. This will probably be completed end-2013/early 2014. This will be supplied by an oil pipeline from the port of Kyaukphyu in Myanmar, bypassing the Strait of Malacca. The refinery is scheduled for end-year testing bu...
Volume: 56Issue: 27Published at Fri, 05 Jul 2013