Refining & Petrochemicals
The Middle East & North African downstream sectors is split into ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’. The wealthy countries with economies boosted by oil and gas exports are mainly looking to expand their downstream industries to squeeze more out of their oil assets. The poorer countries struggle to meet demand for fuels.
17 Nov, 2023
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Kuwait’s Al-Zour Hit by Outage
Kuwait’s 615,000 b/d Al Zour refinery is bringing its units back online over a ten-day period following an abrupt shutdown. Officials are confident that they can tap into inventories to prevent supplies from being disrupted.
Al Zour's exports dipped below half of September's record 312,000 b/d in October
24 Nov, 2023
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Fertiglobe Claims ‘World’s First’ Green Ammonia Shipment
Purchase by Unilever for use in making detergents marks a new potential market. But there are no planned follow-up shipments following the initial Egyptian pilot delivery.
Green Hydrogen/Ammonia From Turbine To Tanker
NEWS IN BRIEF
Libya Petchem Restarts
1 Dec, 2023
Algeria-Turkey LNG Deal
1 Dec, 2023
Kuwait Mulls Power Ships For Summer 2025
1 Dec, 2023
Brazil Signs Up To Opec+ Alliance From 1 January
1 Dec, 2023
Egypt Refiner Plans Expansion
1 Dec, 2023
BP Signs 9-Year Oman LNG Deal
24 Nov, 2023
Iraq: WQ-2 Gas Award
24 Nov, 2023
SELECTED DATA
Supplies Of Crude Oil To Saudi Aramco’s Jazan Refinery (‘000 b/d)
Saudi Oil Burn*: Total Oil Burn ('000 b/d) Rose To A Record Annual High For 2020, But Volumes In 1q 2021 Are At Three-Year Lows
Iraq's Refined Products Exports Have Been Dominated By HFO ('000 b/d)
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