Abu Dhabi’s state integrated petroleum firm Adnoc has outlined an expanded downstream expansion program. CEO Sultan al-Jabir told the Adipec conference in Abu Dhabi this week that “in downstream, we plan to grow crude refining capacity by 60% and more than triple our petrochemical production.”

These freshly-announced plans would increase Adnoc’s refining capacity by around 540,000 b/d to 1.44mn b/d, given its current crude and condensate processing capacity of just over 900,000 b/d (see table). (CONTINUED - 795 WORDS)