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Petchems To Dominate MENA 2016 Downstream After 2013-14 CDU Boost
...its during 2017-18. Egyptian state petchems firm Echem is also progressing a number of petrochemicals projects, including two which could potentially be completed in 2016: Ethydco Ethylene, a 460,000 t/y ethane cracker; and the 400,000 t/y Ethydco Polyethylene plant which will process most of the cr...
Volume: 58Issue: 52Published at Wed, 23 Dec 2015 -
Sabic And Exxon Start First Saudi Elastomers Plant
...astomers capacity in 2016 or early 2017. The 50/50 Kemya JV was established between Sabic and ExxonMobil’s Exxon Chemical Arabia affiliate in 1980 and began producing polyethylene in 1984. Kemya currently produces 700,000 t/y of ethylene and 1.1mn t/y of polyethylene for sale in the domestic, regional an...
Volume: 58Issue: 51Published at Fri, 18 Dec 2015 -
Bahrain Signals Start Of Sitra Refinery Expansion, Targets 2020 Start-Up
...finery. Bapco and Saudi Aramco awarded $300mn of EPC contracts for the pipeline recently, for completion in late 2017/early 2018 (MEES, 25 September). SITRA BY NUMBERS Sitra refinery currently receives crude through an ageing 230,000 b/d pipeline, which is due to be shut down in 2018, from Dhahran in...
Volume: 58Issue: 51Published at Fri, 18 Dec 2015 -
Algeria Looks May Trim Refining Plan Further As Reduced Export Revenues Bite
...finery plan, with both initially due for 2017 start-up, to be followed by similarly sized projects at Ghardaia and Hassi Messaoud. Sonatrach started civil works at Biskra in 2012 and officially launched the project in 2013, saying it would finalize deals with contractors by year-end. But the construction de...
Volume: 58Issue: 50Published at Fri, 11 Dec 2015 -
Rabigh 2 Joins Petchems Start-Up Queue, Saudi Capacity Surge Nears
...BIC/Celanese Jubail, S Arabia 2016 50 polyacetal SABIC/Mitsubishi Jubail, S Arabia 2017 250 MMA, 40 PMMA SA...
Volume: 58Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2015 -
Oman Invites Bids For Building Duqm Refinery, Awards Liwa Cracker
...r a PET technology license. Ompet had planned to achieve financial close for its PTA/PET plant by mid-year, with a view to project start-up in 2017. However, the financial arrangements have yet to be concluded, which suggests that the PTA/PET plant start-up target is likely to be pushed into 20...
Volume: 58Issue: 48Published at Fri, 27 Nov 2015 -
Middle East To Drive Gas Growth, But Is It Sustainable?
...ian countries. Spot prices in East Asia were reported at around $6.6/mn BTU in October, compared with around $12/mn BTU a year ago. “We expect LNG prices to fall by around 20% next year, and by another 18% in 2017,” Moses Rahnama, gas analyst at London-based Energy Aspects tells MEES. LNG pr...
Volume: 58Issue: 47Published at Fri, 20 Nov 2015 -
Cairo Struggles With Products Shortages
...vember, could be renewed, while negotiations are taking place with Kuwait to supply 500,000 barrels of gasoline and diesel a month to meet public fuel needs during the winter period in 2016 and 2017. Additional volumes will come not a moment too soon. After hitting a record high of 277,000 b/d in Ju...
Volume: 58Issue: 43Published at Fri, 23 Oct 2015 -
Kuwait Signs $13bn Refinery Contracts, Pledges Continued Oil Investment
...w 336 Nghi Son, Vietnam (35.1%, 2017) 200 Indonesia (MOU only) 160 China (MOU on...
Volume: 58Issue: 42Published at Fri, 16 Oct 2015 -
Aramco Advances Downstream Plans With Petro Rabigh, Sadara Progress
...me in next year and the chemicals plants – polyurethanes intermediates and polyurethanes products – in 2016 and into 2017.” Sadara’s cracker will be the first in the Middle East to process naphtha – the project has feedstock agreements in place for up to 53,000 b/d of naphtha and 85mn cfd of et...
Volume: 58Issue: 41Published at Fri, 09 Oct 2015 -
Kuwait Nears Sale Of European Refinery, Targets Asian Downstream
...er 900,000 b/d was refined at home. While the sale of the Rotterdam refinery would reduce its sales into Europe, KPI is a partner in the Nhgi Son refinery in Vietnam, due onstream in 2017 and requiring 200,000 b/d of crude. The company is also pursuing refining projects in Indonesia and China. AS...
Volume: 58Issue: 40Published at Fri, 02 Oct 2015 -
Oman Eyes 2018 Completion Of Linked Downstream Projects, But Liwa Cost Rising
...ld reporters this week that work on the Sohar refinery expansion, which began in 2014, is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2016. The products pipeline and storage terminal are scheduled for completion in 2017, while Liwa will be ready for start-up in 2018. LIWA COULD COST $5B...
Volume: 58Issue: 37Published at Fri, 11 Sep 2015 -
Saudi Arabia’s Sadara Petchems JV To Supply Juffali Plant With Feedstock
...asChem in the first half of 2017 (MEES, 7 August). Sadara says it will provide Juffali’s BTG unit with almost all the raw material it requires. Other Juffali units, including the polyurethanes plant, will take some raw materials from Sadara and some from third party suppliers. Juffali’s MDI and BT...
Volume: 58Issue: 37Published at Fri, 11 Sep 2015 -
MENA Nuclear Progress Gathering Pace
...ergy Research Institute (Kaeri) for a three-year study into the feasibility of deploying Korean-designed modular 330MW reactors within the kingdom. Kaeri is building a demonstration plant for start-up in 2017. Jordan and Russia have signed an intergovernmental agreement for the first of two 1GW re...
Volume: 58Issue: 33Published at Fri, 14 Aug 2015 -
Egypt Signs Deals For CDU, Diesel Units In Push To Meet Rising Demand
...siut 25 Vapor Recovery Unit (LPG) 3,900 2016 Suez 36.5 Vapor Recovery Unit (LPG) 1,500 2017 Su...
Volume: 58Issue: 32Published at Fri, 07 Aug 2015 -
Egypt Petchems Plans Continue To Expand As Tahrir Gets Styrene Plant
...exandria } 1,020 460,000 t/y 45mn cfd ethane Ethydco Polyethylene (2015) Alexandria 400,000 t/y 460,000 t/y ethylene E-Styrenics Styrene (2017...
Volume: 58Issue: 29Published at Fri, 17 Jul 2015 -
Algeria Pushes New Refineries Beyond 2020, Fuel Deficit To Worsen
...spectively (see table). Biskra and Tiaret were part of an earlier four-refinery plan, with both initially due for 2017 start-up, to be followed by similarly sized projects at Ghardaia and Hassi Messaoud. Sonatrach started civil works at Biskra in 2012 and officially launched the project in 2013, saying it wo...
Volume: 58Issue: 28Published at Fri, 10 Jul 2015 -
Egyptian Refiners Award Contracts For New Gasoline Units, Plan Coker Rehab
...anned: Midor Expansion Alexandria 60 2017 Alexandria Exp Alexandria 100 na Sukhna Ain Su...
Volume: 58Issue: 25Published at Fri, 19 Jun 2015 -
Iran To Start Building Siraf Condensate Splitters, Targets Asia Petchems
...0 8 x 60 kb/d splitters. Target first unit online 2018. Persian Gulf Star Bandar Abbas 360 1.5 3 x 120 kb/d splitters. First unit expected online 2017. Pa...
Volume: 58Issue: 22Published at Fri, 29 May 2015 -
Aramco Boosting Refining Capacity, Plans ‘Value-Maximizing’ Integration
...a short period. In 2014 Aramco also started building a 400,000 b/d refinery at Jazan. Commissioning is due to start in 2017, but this may slip if local security worsens. Satorp is “one of the largest, most complex refineries in the world,” capable of fully converting 400,000 b/d of Arabian Heavy cr...
Volume: 58Issue: 20Published at Fri, 15 May 2015