Refining & Petrochemicals

Qatar’s leadership claims the emirate is easily withstanding the embargo. Near-record products exports back this up, though it is still taking an economic hit.

Saudi Arabia’s crude exports are at their lowest level since August 2014 as the kingdom deals with the double-whammy of increased summer demand and reduced output in accordance with last November’s Opec agreement.

Oman’s state-owned Salalah Methanol Company (SMC) has announced financial closure for a new ammonia unit to be built alongside the...

Egypt is beginning EPC work on a naphtha upgrading unit at Assiut refinery. The project aims to boost the country’s...

Alexandria Minerals Oil Company (Amoc), operator of a 35,000 b/d upgrader refinery in Alexandria is considering investing $500mn in a...

The operators of Israel’s two refineries say scheduled maintenance was the key reason their output fell by a combined 50,000 b/d (17%) year-on-year in the first half of 2017. But a strike in June didn’t help. A diesel unit fire last month added to the woe.

Kuwaiti state upstream firm KOC has for the second time awarded a contract to build a pipeline to deliver crude...

KPC this week said it had contained an oil spill near Al-Zour. Local estimates put the quantity of crude at...

The DRPIC joint venture of state upstream firm Oman Oil Company (OOC) and Kuwait’s overseas downstream unit KPI has awarded...