SABIC, Saudi Arabia’s diversified manufacturing company, has inaugurated a new polypropylene (PP) pilot plant in Geleen, the Netherlands, and announced that it will further invest in building a state-of-the-art PP extrusion facility at the same location
Gas
Baker Hughes receives deal for Egypt's Zohr gas field
Baker Hughes (BHGE), a GE company, has received a subsea contract from Petrobel for phase two development of the Zohr Gas Field which is located in the Mediterranean Sea offshore Egypt
Iraq's Kurdistan resolves differences with Pearl consortium
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Pearl Consortium have signed an deal to put an end to all their disputes by terminating the arbitration and related court proceedings over the Heads of Agreement (HoA) on Khor Mor and Chemchemal gas fields, according to a joint statement
Middle East LNG imports remains strong despite untapped reserves
The Middle East (including Algeria, Egypt and Libya) holds almost half of global gas reserves, mostly untapped, yet the volume of LNG imports into the region is rapidly rising as domestic demand exceeds piped gas supply, says economist Moin Siddiqi
Algeria to boost in exporting natural gas in 2017
With the new Reggane and Touat fields coming on stream, Algerias natural gas export is expected to reach 54 bcm in 2017, which is up from 51 bcm in 2016, according to the state-owned oil and gas company Sonatrach