Saudi Polymers Company (SPCo) and its joint-venture partner, National Petrochemical Company (Petrochem), have started commercial production at their polymers manufacturing facility in Jubail, Saudi Arabia
Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has approved a US$5bn loan to Sadara Chemical Company for the export of US-made goods and services required for the construction of a petrochemical complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia
Shell Global Solutions International has awarded a subsidiary of Foster Wheeler a contract to develop the basic engineering package for a monoethylene glycol (MEG) plant in Ras Laffan, Qatar
European and Korean companies have bid for a project to double the capacity of an oil lubricants refinery in Yanbu controlled by Saudi Aramco
British engineering company Amec and US-based Foster Wheeler have been awarded consultancy contracts by Kuwait for its new refinery and clean fuel projects
