Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) has awarded five technology licensor contracts worth US$80mn for its US$3.6bn Liwa Plastic Project (LPP), scheduled for completion in 2018
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Honeywell subsidiary to provide renewable technology for UAE refinery
Honeywell company UOP’s green fuels process technology has been selected by Petrixo Oil & Gas to produce renewable jet fuel and renewable diesel at a new refinery to be built in Fujairah, UAE
Saudi Arabia to see first oil-to-chemicals plant start-up by 2020
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has announced that it expects kingdom’s first planned oil-to-chemicals plant at Yanbu to start operations by the end of 2020
DSI signs EPCC contract for petrochemical project in Egypt
Drake & Scull International (DSI) has signed an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) agreement with Carbon Holdings for Egypt’s Tahrir Petrochemical Corporation (TPC) project
Qatar’s Laffan Refinery set to become world’s largest condensate facility
Qatargas has announced that the combined refining capacity of Ras Laffan Refinery 1 (LR1) and Ras Laffan Refinery 2 (LR2) will make Laffan Refinery the largest condensate facility in the world