Middle East
Industry Perspectives: Emerging trends in the global refining industry
<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>’s Construction Boxscore Database is tracking nearly 700 refining projects around the world.
Editorial Comment: Is the refining market oversupplied, or is the capacity needed?
Over the past two years, the editorial comment in our September issue has focused on the topic of overcapacity in the global refining sector.
Iron poisoning investigations enable opportunities for success
The function of fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) is to maximize profits from a given barrel of oil.
Iraq's August oil exports average 3.216 MMbpd
BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Iraq's oil exports slipped to 3.216 MMbpd in August from 3.230 MMbpd in July as no shipments were made from the northern Kirkuk field, the oil ministry said on Saturday.
Bahrain's Bapco to meet Technip-led consortium for talks on refinery expansion
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) — State-run Bahrain Petroleum Co (Bapco) will meet a consortium led by France's Technip for further talks over the planned expansion of Bahrain's only oil refinery, sources close to the matter told Reuters.
EPC contract signed to establish oil refinery in Pakistan
Wak Group and Guangdong Electrical Design Institute (Gedi), have signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement to engineer, design and construct a Falcon Oil refinery at KP Pakistan.
Shell lifts its first crude cargo from Libya in 5 yr
DUBAI (Reuters) — Royal Dutch Shell has lifted a cargo of 600,000 bbl of crude oil from Libya's Zueitina port, its first from the war-torn north African country in 5 yr, two industry sources told Reuters on Saturday.
Saipem awarded onshore $850 MM E&C contract for Kuwait pipeline, refinery project
San Donato Milanese — Saipem has been awarded a new contract in the onshore E&C sector worth approximately $850 MM. Activities involve engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning for the “Feed Pipelines for New Refinery Project (NRP)” in relation to the development of the new Al Zour refinery located in the south of Kuwait.
Saudi Arabia crude oil exports fall slightly in June
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia's crude oil exports in June fell slightly to 6.889 MMbpd, 35,000 bpd lower than the May level, official data showed.
Shell completes $820 MM SADAF chemicals sale to SABIC
Shell has completed the sale of its 50% share in SADAF, the petrochemicals JV, located in Al Jubail, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to SABIC for $820 MM. This sale was announced on Jan. 22. Completion follows anti-trust filings in the relevant countries and regulatory approval from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Exxon shut Joliet, Illinois, refinery after power outage 7/17
- Essar launches hydrogen power plant at Stanlow refinery (U.K.) 7/16
- Trelleborg partners with Airbus on hydrogen-powered air travel 7/16
- Neste, Mitsubishi Corporation agree on strategic partnership to develop supply chains for renewable chemicals and plastics 7/16
- Vale, Komatsu and Cummins announce collaboration to develop dual-fuel large trucks, powered by ethanol and diesel 7/16
- Mexico–U.S. energy trade value fell in 2023 on lower fuel prices 7/16
- Digital Exclusive: SPECIAL FOCUS: Digital Technologies—Utilize process simulation digital twin to optimize condensate yield
- Digital Exclusive-Flare system design: Liquid pockets in flare headers
- Hydrogen-rich content gasoline: A new concept for paraffinic gasoline reformulation
- Alarm rationalization at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) refineries
