Refining & Petrochemicals

Saudi Aramco and Bahrain’s Bapco this week announced the successful commissioning of a pipeline from Aramco’s Abqaiq oil processing...

Aramco’s huge IGCC power plant, integrated with a new refinery at Jazan, is ready for commissioning. But Yemen’s Houthi rebels are threatening to spoil the party.

Egypt’s downstream firms are taking advantage of record gas output to advance petchems plans. Sidpec’s new plant near Alexandria is handily placed for new Med output.

Of course propane is often lumped together with butane as LPG. But for Egypt, looking at LPG stats can...

France’s Total and the Novealis joint venture of Mubadala subsidiaries Austria’s Borealis and Canada’s Nova Chemicals have greenlit a...

Iraq’s oil ministry has announced the resumption of production at Nineveh province’s Qayara oil field. Current output from the...

A modest gasoline unit in Alexandria has come online and is set to be followed up by a giant Cairo-based hydrocracker.

Saudi state-led petchems giant Sabic began a roadshow on 25 September that will visit London, New York, Los Angeles...

Saudi state petroleum firm Aramco and Malaysia’s counterpart Petronas have delivered the first cargo of crude oil to their...

Soaring products demand and creaking infrastructure means that shortages that led to this summer’s deadly protests will get worse - a headache for the next government.

Abu Dhabi’s broad, some would say unwieldy, portfolio of oil firms includes Spain-based Cepsa. State investment firm Mubadala is looking to sell 25%.

Abu Dhabi state integrated petroleum firm Adnoc has reached full production of polymer grade propylene from a propane dehydrogenation...