1. Mena Petchems Firms See PDH Process As Key To Exploiting Propane Resources

    ...ypt 2011 *480 EPPC n/a EGPC 0.8 400 PP Ruwais, UA...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 04 Oct 2019
  2. 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: 62
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2019
  3. Aramco Eyes Chinese Take-Away From Sabic Purchase

    ...en increasingly shifting towards Europe, with exports to Asia halving from 734,000 b/d in 20116 to 358,000 b/d last year. Sabic opened a technology center in Shanghai in late 2013 with the aim of becoming the “preferred technology partner” for its Chinese customers. The center is leading Sabic’s de...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 35
    Published at Fri, 30 Aug 2019
  4. Saudi Oil Sector Feeling The Strain Of Opec Cuts

    ...fined products have averaged just 290,000 b/d this year, against 913,000 b/d for 2018 as a whole. If this persists over the course of the year, it would be the smallest rate of imports since 2011. Despite this and the recent decline in refining run rates, exports of refined products remain co...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 19 Jul 2019
  5. Shell’s Oman GTL Proposal: What’s Changed This Time Around?

    ...G) are aimed at developing the Gulf’s third gas-to-liquids (GTL) project, a surprising prospect given that the cost of Shell’s Pearl GTL plant in Qatar trebled from $6bn to $18.5bn between 2006 go-ahead and 2011 completion. Shell and  Total are holding talks with MOG for a proposed $19bn in...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 20
    Published at Fri, 17 May 2019
  6. Sabic Boosts Transparency Ahead Of Aramco Takeover

    ...17 slump (see chart). Historical Sabic data does not break out fertilizers and metals before 2015. While total Sabic output reached a record 75.3mn tons in 2018, annual total production had hovered around the 70mn tons level during 2011-17 after regular annual growth previously. Last year Sa...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 18
    Published at Fri, 03 May 2019
  7. IMF: Praise, $2bn For Egypt

    ...rong remittances, while unemployment has declined to its lowest level since 2011.” A combination of “the authorities’ fiscal consolidation efforts and high nominal GDP growth” means Egypt’s public-debt-to-GDP ratio “declined markedly” from 103.2% for 2016-17 to 92.6% for 2017-18 and a forecast 86...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2019