Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer) has awarded a US$2.48bn contract to Samsung Engineering Company to build a carbon black unit and a delayed coker unit in Ruwais, west of Abu Dhabi, by January 2016
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ExxonMobil set to sell southern Iraq stake
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PDO to create 20,000 jobs over next five years
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