Middle East
Technip awarded contract for modernization of SOCAR Azerikimya petrochemical complex
SOCAR has awarded Technip a contract for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the SOCAR Azerikimya plant, located in the city of Sumgait, Azerbaijan.
Saudi Aramco acquires Novomer’s polyol business and associated technologies
Saudi Aramco has acquired the Converge product line and associated operations and technologies from US-based Novomer Inc.
MAN Diesel & Turbo, Hyundai Engineering complete power plant expansion for Attock Refinery
MAN Diesel & Turbo and Hyundai Engineering have completed the extension of a power plant in Pakistan for Attock Refinery Ltd.
Industry Metrics
US margins fell due to the slowing of domestic gasoline demand, as the driving season ended amid high inventories.
Saudis, Mideast producers vie for China's teapot crude imports
Top global oil exporter Saudi Arabia is looking at new ways to sell crude to China, offering more cargoes at spot prices and more lenient payment terms.
SPIE to provide commissioning management support to KNPC Clean Fuels Project
SPIE Oil & Gas Services has been awarded a 5-year contract with Kuwait National Petroleum Co. under the Clean Fuels Project which is currently in the EPC phase of implementation.
SABIC starts commercial operations at part of new rubber plant
SABIC started commercial operations at the polybutadiene industrial rubber part of its KEMYA complex, a JV with ExxonMobil Chemical.
Two workers die in fire at Saudi Aramco plant
Saudi Aramco said on Thursday that two workers died of injuries sustained in a fire that broke out at its Wasea crude oil plant in central Saudi Arabia.
UAE's ENOC to self-fund refinery expansion
Emirates National Oil Co. has decided it will self-finance the $1-B expansion of its Jebel Ali oil refinery.
Kuwait’s KNPC aims to finalize $5 B loan by Q1
Kuwait National Petroleum Co. expects to finalize a loan of well over $5 billion to finance its Clean Fuels project by the end of Q1 of next year.
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- World's first: Air Liquide’s innovative technology converts ammonia into hydrogen at industrial scale 11/18
- Borouge to supply advanced polyolefin solutions for next-generation vehicles 11/18
- ASTM International signs MoU with Gulf Cooperation Council Laboratory Company for Technical Services (GCC Lab TSCo.) 11/18
- KBC launches Visual MESA Energy Management System 7.3 11/18
- MHI Compressor secures steam turbine contract at Baton Rouge (U.S.) olefins plant 11/18
