HRH Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, in the presence of HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Premier, laid the foundation stone of the modernisation project of Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) refinery
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Intertek launches first independent hydrocarbon laboratory in Iraq
Intertek, a total quality assurance provider to industries, has launched the first independent crude oil, fuel testing and petroleum products laboratory in Iraq
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Sadara Chemical Company broke ground on the Ethylene Oxide (EO) and Propylene Oxide (PO) pipeline project, with an aim to a major industrial cluster in PlasChem Park, a collaborative effort between Sadara and the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu (RCJY)
Jacobs wins fuel oil upgrade project in Saudi Arabia
Construction firm Jacobs has received a contract from Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) to provide FEED and Project Management Consultancy (PMC) services for the company’s fuel oil upgrade project–Bottom of the Barrel
‘Middle East is the third highest in global CDU capacity addition by 2023’
The Middle East is expected to be the third highest in terms of capex as well as crude distillation unit (CDU) capacity additions during 2019–2023, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company