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Petchems To Dominate MENA 2016 Downstream After 2013-14 CDU Boost
...PC to speed up plans to expand refining capacity and in particular upgrading. While Egypt is pushing a number of large and small-scale refining projects, investment momentum is still rebuilding after a lull from 2011 until last year. In 2016 only one Egyptian project is scheduled for co...
Volume: 58Issue: 52Published at Wed, 23 Dec 2015 -
Algeria Looks May Trim Refining Plan Further As Reduced Export Revenues Bite
...made clear to industry players operating in Algeria. Boosting Algeria’s refining capacity is of strategic importance for the government. Firstly, because of rocketing domestic demand for transport fuels, Sonatrach has had to import both gasoline and diesel since 2011, with volumes reaching pe...
Volume: 58Issue: 50Published at Fri, 11 Dec 2015 -
Middle East To Drive Gas Growth, But Is It Sustainable?
...th renewables. But there are huge regional discrepancies – and the consensus is that outside of the US, the “golden age of gas” touted in the organization’s 2011 WEO remains a long way off. GLOBAL DEMAND DOWN, MIDEAST UP The IEA has increased its demand outlook for the Middle East si...
Volume: 58Issue: 47Published at Fri, 20 Nov 2015 -
Cairo Struggles With Products Shortages
...reign exchange reserves fell to $16.3bn at the end of September, less than half of the $36bn they stood before January 2011 (see graph, p16). This lack of dollars will also make it harder for Egypt to repay international oil companies (IOCs). State oil firm EGPC has had to look for ways to obtain do...
Volume: 58Issue: 43Published at Fri, 23 Oct 2015 -
Despite Record Gasoline Imports, Egypt’s Retail Pumps Run Dry
...14 2014 2013 2012 2011 CRUDE OIL: Production* 692 +4 688 676 68...
Volume: 58Issue: 40Published at Fri, 02 Oct 2015 -
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 Signs Deals For CDU, Diesel Units In Push To Meet Rising Demand
...163,000 b/d in 2011 – when the Mubarak regime was overthrown and Egypt’s economy went into decline – diesel output averaged 150,000 b/d in the first five months of 2015, compared with 142,000 b/d in 2014. The recovery in domestic diesel production appears to be keeping the need for imports in ch...
Volume: 58Issue: 32Published at Fri, 07 Aug 2015 -
Egypt Petchems Plans Continue To Expand As Tahrir Gets Styrene Plant
...0,000 t/y Jet-kero/reformate EMethanex (2011 - methanol) Damietta 1,000 1.3mn t/y 110mn cfd methane EPP (2011 - propylene & polypropylene) Port Sa...
Volume: 58Issue: 29Published at Fri, 17 Jul 2015 -
Algeria Pushes New Refineries Beyond 2020, Fuel Deficit To Worsen
...oducts output averaged 651,000 b/d in 2014 – comfortably above total domestic demand of 391,000 b/d. But the data for gasoline and diesel makes for less comfortable reading. State firm Sonatrach has had to import both gasoline and diesel since 2011, with volumes reaching a peak of 39,000 b/d and 53...
Volume: 58Issue: 28Published at Fri, 10 Jul 2015 -
Opec Data Charts Saudi Refining Surge, But Plans Are Slipping
...art). 2014 vs 2013 2014 vs 2010 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 '00...
Volume: 58Issue: 27Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2015 -
Tupras Sees $2.7Bn Izmit Upgrader Boosting Refining Margins
...sulfurization 25.2 Sulfur Recovery 440 T/D SOURCE: TUPRAS TUPRAS KEY INDICATORS (‘000 B/D) 2010 2011 2012 20...
Volume: 58Issue: 14Published at Fri, 03 Apr 2015 -
Israel Refiners Ramp Up Throughputs On Back Of Cut-Price KRG Barrels
...12 2011 REFINERY OUTPUT (‘000 B/D) 294.89 282.21 +12.7 +4.5 302.77 +8.4 +18.3 29...
Volume: 58Issue: 13Published at Fri, 27 Mar 2015 -
Rabigh Shutdown To Curb Saudi Refining Surge
...pected to take total Saudi capacity to 2.91mn b/d by the end of 2015 (MEES, 27 February). Petro Rabigh says the shutdown will allow the second periodic maintenance since 2011. Such closures are “carried out every four years as a regular practice in the refining and petrochemicals industry.” The co...
Volume: 58Issue: 10Published at Fri, 06 Mar 2015 -
Qatar’s GTL Output To Fall As Pearl And Oryx Plants Undergo Maintenance
...of the first train in early 2011 and the first commercial cargo of gasoil in June 2011. Each shutdown will defer production of roughly 4.2mn barrels of GTL liquids and 3.6mn barrels of NGLs. Shell has not detailed the work being carried out during the shutdowns. However, any non-routine wo...
Volume: 58Issue: 10Published at Fri, 06 Mar 2015 -
Saudi Arabia 2014 Official Crude & Oil Products Output, Trade & Balance (‘000 B/D)
...Saudi Arabia 2014 Official Crude & Oil Products Output, Trade & Balance (‘000 B/D) 2014 14vs13 2013 2012 2011 2010 De...
Volume: 58Issue: 09Published at Fri, 27 Feb 2015