China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has announced that it would borrow more than US$500mn to build an oil storage facility at Fujairah Port, outside the Strait of Hormuz
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Flotek and Gulf Energy plan Omani oil facilities
Flotek Industries Inc and Gulf Energy LLC plan to build facilities in Oman to address the growing need for advanced oilfield chemistry and analysis in the MENA region
Abu Dhabi signs petroleum storage deal with Malaysia
Abu Dhabi has signed an agreement worth US$6.75bn for a petroleum storage facility in Malaysia
Shell in talks to secure crude oil storage in Fujairah
Royal Dutch Shell has announced that it has been in talks to secure one million cubic metres of crude oil storage at the UAE port of Fujairah
Iran 'producing gasoline from furnace oil'
Iran has claimed it has begun producing gasoline from furnace oil for the first time in the Middle East